On religion

[d000hg]

But flooding the earth and then repenting of it doesn't work for me. You could say that the experience of flooding the Earth changes God so his nature changes. But it does not strike me as perfect to do something that you later repent of.

I think your belief that God repented of the flood is incorrect. He said he would never again do the same thing, but this doesn't imply admission of fault, only that "once is enough" - it achieved whatever it was supposed to achieve. God then made a covenant (promise) with man to this effect IIRC.

[speling bee]

I think your belief that God repented of the flood is incorrect. He said he would never again do the same thing, but this doesn't imply admission of fault, only that "once is enough" - it achieved whatever it was supposed to achieve. God then made a covenant (promise) with man to this effect IIRC.

You are correct.

God repents of making the earth and man. Same principle, though.

Plenty more here. Repenting of making Saul king? Then why did he do it? Answer: because he is changing and not perfect.

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/repent.html

[d000hg]

Quoting from a dodgy translation specifically created to promote your own take on the subject, that's not even written in great English, is hardly proving anything. Since when is "it repented the Lord" even proper English?

Try BibleGateway.com. Googling a verse e.g (gen 6:6) will normally also go directly to their site and seems to default to NIV. Or any reputable translation written by genuine scholars which takes the time to explain how the translation was done.

[BrilloPad]

Who cares about the fooking flood? That is old law. It has been surpassed.

[sasguru]

Quoting from a dodgy translation specifically created to promote your own take on the subject, that's not even written in great English, is hardly proving anything..

Since when were you interested in proof?
I thought your beliefs are based on faith.

[speling bee]

Quoting from a dodgy translation specifically created to promote your own take on the subject, that's not even written in great English, is hardly proving anything. Since when is "it repented the Lord" even proper English?

Try BibleGateway.com. Googling a verse e.g (gen 6:6) will normally also go directly to their site and seems to default to NIV. Or any reputable translation written by genuine scholars which takes the time to explain how the translation was done.

I quite like NIV as well.

1 Samuel 15:11
New International Version (NIV)
11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions.” Samuel was angry, and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

And RSV:

11 "I repent that I have made Saul king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry; and he cried to the LORD all night.

My position - that God changes and is imperfect - does not invalidate any religious view. Read the narrative of the bible and you see a developing story, where God makes mistakes and changes his mind. I don't see why that's a big deal.

[speling bee]

Who cares about the fooking flood? That is old law. It has been surpassed.

But these events tell us of God's eternal nature, which is the current subject.

[NotAllThere]

You are correct.

God repents of making the earth and man. Same principle, though.

Plenty more here. Repenting of making Saul king? Then why did he do it? Answer: because he is changing and not perfect.

Does God repent?

The skeptics bible has its moments - and it's fun to put toward really legalistic religious types - but it's not really very scholarly, and is repeatedly guilty of reading into the text what isn't really there.

[speling bee]

The skeptics bible has its moments - and it's fun to put toward really legalistic religious types - but it's not really very scholarly, and is repeatedly guilty of reading into the text what isn't really there.

It is naughty. But what are we to make of God repenting of making Saul king? Let's just accept he changes his mind and isn't perfect. It doesn't invalidate the core of faith.

[MyUserName]

Only logic may limit his power, but we cannot know because our comprehension is limited by logic.

If logic limits God's power - who created logic?