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"God kills all the firstborn children in Egypt except for those who put blood on their doors? What kind of a god is this? Like the flood, what kind of a loving god would kill innocent children for the actions of others?" | "God kills all the firstborn children in Egypt except for those who put blood on their doors? What kind of a god is this? Like the flood, what kind of a loving god would kill innocent children for the actions of others?" | ||
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| − | *This had nothing to do with God deriving some sort of pleasure from killing "innocent children for the actions of others." The killing of the Passover lamb and the placement of its blood above the doorway | + | *This had nothing to do with God deriving some sort of pleasure from killing "innocent children for the actions of others." God didn't want to kill anyone. Over and over and over again Moses came to Pharaoh, asking him to let the children of Israel go. The Pharaoh refused the request every time. There were nine plagues the preceded the Passover; Pharaoh could have gotten the message, but he didn't. This was God's last option, not His first. He took no delight in it. |
| + | *The killing of the Passover lamb and the placement of its blood above the doorway was a symbolic representation of how Christ would save us through his sacrifice. | ||
*President Joseph Fielding Smith said: | *President Joseph Fielding Smith said: | ||
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====Deuteronomy 21:18-21==== | ====Deuteronomy 21:18-21==== | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Scriptures Concerns & Questions"
- Response to section: D&C 132 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: Numbers 31 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: 1 Nephi 4 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: Exodus 12:12
- Response to section: Deuteronomy 21:18-21
- Response to section: Exodus 35:1-2 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: Numbers 21:5-9
- Response to section: Judges 19:22-29 [Work in Progress]
- Response to section: "I’m asked to believe in not only a part-time racist god and a part-time polygamous god but a part-time psychopathic schizophrenic one as well" [Work in Progress]
Response Section
Exodus 12:12
Deuteronomy 21:18-21