From time to time, it's not difficult to come across really bizarre stories in the Old Testament. Last night I was reading in the Book of 1 Samuel, Chapter 15, about a time when King Saul showed mercy toward a defeated opponent.
This from a God that Christians will tell us is merciful!
This story would seem to indicate that this supreme entity will only countenance mercy when he's the one doling it out. If anyone else dares to show compassion without his expressed written consent, then mercy becomes bad, very bad.
Seems like a very strange set of affairs to me!
To see what other questions I've asked about the Christian Bible, go here.
But Saul and the people spared [King] Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. (Verse 9)So, do you think the Lord was pleased? Hell no!! We are told that he was irate that Saul didn't slaughter every last one of the Amalekites.
This from a God that Christians will tell us is merciful!
This story would seem to indicate that this supreme entity will only countenance mercy when he's the one doling it out. If anyone else dares to show compassion without his expressed written consent, then mercy becomes bad, very bad.
Seems like a very strange set of affairs to me!
To see what other questions I've asked about the Christian Bible, go here.
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