Truth 9 · God did not sacrifice his own children

In the Oldest Flood Story, Even the Goddess Wept for Her Drowned Children

A Clay Tablet From Nineveh, a Layer of Mud at Ur, and What Jesus Did With Noah · about 5 minutes to read

Many children grow up with the story of Noah as a happy picture book. There is a big boat, the animals walk in two by two, and a rainbow comes out at the end. But the story underneath the picture is terrible. God looks at the world, decides it is wicked, and drowns almost every person and animal on earth, babies included.

That is a hard thing to believe about a Father.

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