tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667116946377253622.post7661061982947520056..comments2024-03-28T21:00:48.483-04:00Comments on Lady Atheist: Naomi & RuthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667116946377253622.post-58009149685762391062010-05-20T01:41:13.879-04:002010-05-20T01:41:13.879-04:00"Perhaps the Old Guy in the Sky assumed that ..."Perhaps the Old Guy in the Sky assumed that even the most evil of parents would do this without being commanded to do it."<br /><br />Not really. Jepthatah human-sacrificed his daughter, and Abraham his son (although that was papered over at a later date). A child is simply a man's posession. Look what heppened to Job: no accounting whatever for the notion that his kids were people in their own right.<br /><br />Nope. In a culture that values only boys, we see not a word on the OT outlawing the infanticide of girl children.<br /><br />Sorry. The old guy in the sky is a horrible, bloodthirsty old volcano-god.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com