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“Doug metzger is very good at summarizing a source. He talks about not reading that ancient piece of literature through a modern lens and judging it. I agree with this. I wish he would extend that generosity to Christian and Hebrew texts, however, which he appears to read through a modern lens, thus labeling them as “unsophisticated and backwards.” When people do things like this it is more proof to me that Christianity and the ancient Hebrews were and are correct (because of the world’s bias against the truth which only Christianity accurately explains). The ancient Hebrews, for instance, DID have a law against adultery which required stoning. Doug metzger reads this as “unsophisticated“ and unfortunate. But if he would read them in context, the ancient Israelites were surrounded by nations that sacrificed their children in fire to their idols and gods. To prevent the possibility of Israel assimilating to the wickedness of the cultures that were around them they needed strong laws to set themselves apart. Faithfulness was valued. Faithfulness between a man and a wife, which was a picture of Israel’s faithfulness to their God. It should be said that Israel‘s laws were not for everyone, they were only for the circumcised. In other words they were practicing a state religion. Similar to today, Christians don’t expect non-Christians to live the way that we live. We do have a rational expectation that no one should rape, pillage, and murder (and one might add NOT sacrifice children), but beyond that nothing is really expected unless someone converts. Even though, yes, I can explain Christian morality to a non-Christian in such a way that they can see the benefits of following Christian sexual mores - it leads to more productivity, better emotional health, avoids broken hearts, etc. In conclusion, Doug metzger seems to be fair and generous of mind to every source but Hebrew and Christian sources which he doesn’t read in context. He seems like a very nice and likable guy that I would enjoy talking to, but there does seem to be an animosity directed only (and I do mean only) at Christianity and the ancient Hebrews. When someone can be generous to everyone except one group it is probably only evidence of their own personal confirmation bias at work.”
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