It's certainly one of the few verses that springs quickly to mind, if not my favourite.DannyM wrote:I think it is a favourite for the atheist because - again, I THINK - it makes them feel quite smug in that they feel they have exposed some thing which makes God look like a barbarian...Or something. Perhaps TC will clarify for us; but I won't hold it against him. When C. Hitchens spews out this verse it is done within an agenda for his debate; TC is a good man, I feel, at heart and is just a wee misguided. Having said all of that, I'm now leaving myself wide open for TC to come in an completely obliterate my assumption...Fürstentum Liechtenstein wrote:Bizarre verse Touchingcloth! As a former atheist myself - and a rabid one at that - may I ask you why you chose this verse as favorite?touchingcloth wrote:Exodus 4:25
Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”
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To pick a favourite I'd probably plump for one of the espousals of the golden rule, or the parable of the good Samaritan. I think those are themes that resonate and have resonated throughout most of humanity.