Seriously, Hiroshi?
You can't defend how bible contains smut and pornography materials so explicit that if it weren't a scripture it would have been banned for general consumption in all countries including the most liberal ones, and now you want to take a shot at the Qur'an?
You actually believe that pornography is better than promise of punishments of hell for those who deserve it?
You actually think that when bible talks about fondling virgin breasts, a man enjoy his lover's vaginal juice, ejaculation like horses, a sister gets naked and raunchy with her own brother and every single earthly desires is much better than description of punishment in the hereafter, as a warning for those who are against the command of God?
Or do you want me to quotes more smut passages from bible? What other purposes did it really serve, apart from verbalizing the fantasies of rabbis and scribes who attributed them to God?
In my opinion, those who object to the idea description of the punishments of hell only show that the person realizes that they may go there, and hence their objection.
let me get you straight:
You believe when god in the bible talks about mans penises as big as donkeys, he only wants to shame the israelites?
So bible is actually intended for less than 1% of human being?
Why don't you follow the Qur'an of which God (SWT) directly and plainly claims it is His own WORD, unchanged and preserved, guidelines for ALL mankind?
Please understand that I am not seeking to take a shot at the Qur'an (although I cannot myself imagine the God of the Bible speaking in such a way). I just want to get things in perspective. Some people would find Ezekiel objectionable. I believe that some people would find the Quranic verses that I quoted even more shocking.
What keeps being overlooked is an important lesson from the book of Ezekiel. In real terms, chapter 23 is actually speaking about Samaria and Jerusalem forming alliances with Assyria and Babylon. From a human standpoint someone might say: "What is wrong with that?" The Israelites of those cities
might not even have been aware of committing any wrongdoing.
But how did God view matters?
The Israelites no longer put their trust in God but were beginning to turn instead to idolatrous nations for security and safety. To God it was as if a wife had left her husband and had gone to commit fornication with others.
With our limited human perception it is not always easy to see things God's way. But the words in Ezekiel make it clear that God was every bit as offended, hurt and disgusted as would be a man whose wife had become a prostitute. Something that may have seemed innocent to the Israelites (although they should have known better) was actually causing God the most monstrous outrage.
So God let them know how he felt in terms that expressed the reality of the situation.
This is not just a lesson for the Israelites but is a lesson for all mankind. James 4:4 warns Christians: "Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is emnity with God?" Christians back then were in danger of adopting the world's loose morality and bad conduct because of too close association with the world. The scripture says that God would view them as shameful
adulteresses in a spiritual sense if they acted that way. This is very similar to the words in Ezekiel.
The Bible does not mention sexual matters in order to appeal to the gratuitously sensational, the lurid or the prurient or with the aim of offending the sensibilities of anyone. But the Bible is very open and specific where necessary. As I have explained, there are important lessons to be learned that God is helping us to see.
