[metmom]

But its perfectly ok to have as many wives as you want,Its perfectly ok to have sex with youre female slaves,Its perfectly ok to have hundreds of concubines to satisfy youre every sexual desire,,Right METMOM? God blesses that.In fact its also ok to bash the heads of innocent babies with bricks and stones isnt it?To cut open the bellies of pregnant women and destroy thier unborn children isnt it?To send bears to kill children if they make fun of youre prophets bald head isnt it? All those slaves women,and concubines willingly had sex?Hard to say no when saying no means youre death huh?But that isnt really Rape Rape is it?

And you get that from where?

Somewhere other than your imagination or reading more into the passage than is called for?

Look, if you're looking for excuses to reject God, nobody can stop you. You will believe what you want to believe and nothing showing otherwise will convince you.

No, God does not bless any of that nor does He condone it.

People's bad behavior is a reflection on God, especially when those people do evil in the name of God. I figure that's one of Satan's best tactics and he gets a lot of mileage in duping people into believing his lies about God.

All those incidents were recorded in the Bible, but not giving tacit approval to that evil, but rather as recording events as they happened. It's about the real messed up lives of real messed up people and God's power to restore and redeem.

God made His standards known and people simply don't live up to them.

So what's your problem with God showing mercy and forgiveness? Are you put out because HE didn't react to those situations the way YOU think He should have reacted?

What's your real issue with how God handles things?

[Craftmore]

Really metmom?
Ever heard of the 12 tribes of Israel? How many wives,and slaves were the mothers of those 12 boys that fathered the 12 tribes?God didnt bless that?
How many concubines did Abraham have?He wasnt Blessed?
How many wives and concubines did David have? How many wives and concubines did Solomon have?David and Solomon werent blessed?
How many of his brothers did Solomon murder in cold blood to stop any other claims to the throne?God didnt bless him after that?
Ever read the story of Elisha the prophet?How he cursed 42 children for making fun of his bald head?How God sent 2 bears to kill the 42 children?
Ever read how the Israelites captured the promised land and were ordered by God to kill even suckling babies and to rip the unborn children from thier mothers wombs and bash thier heads against the stones?Sounds like Islamic terrorism to me,,but its the blessed word of God to the Israelites.
Or the Tribe of Benjamin that was given permission to kidnap and force into marriage other tribes daughters?
Not the sweet watered down versions we hear about in sunday school,but the true word of God.