A thought about our significance

[Sparko]

That's two questions and a suggestion that the Israelites could feed the captives, but would be afraid of future attacks if they let their enemies live.

Why couldn't the Israelites feed the captives, using the Amelekites' own resources?

how long would those resources last? nomadic people didn't store food. and why would they feed them? they were their enemies who raided them and killed them. you make no sense Roy. you seem to think modern situations and such apply to bronze age nomads. gah.

[Roy]

how long would those resources last? nomadic people didn't store food. and why would they feed them? they were their enemies who raided them and killed them. you make no sense Roy. you seem to think modern situations and such apply to bronze age nomads. gah.

More questions instead of answers.

You seem to think that if an area of land is supporting two tribes of people, and one of those tribes gets conquered by the other, that causes the land to only be able to support half as many people as it did before.

That's nothing to do with applying modern situations to bronze age peoples, it's merely being able to count.

[Rushing Jaws]

Which makes it all that more marvelous that He cares about us.

Which agrees with Psalm 8, and also with this, from Isaiah 40:


“14With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding?
15Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.
16Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering.…”

The insignificance of man is not a new discovery - far from it ! It’s nice to see unbelievers agreeing with Scripture; but they are very late to the party.

The material size of the universe is, in itself, of no importance at all. To say man is insignificant, is a judgement of value. And there is no way to get from a material entity, to a value-judgement. They are both realities, but of entirely different orders. IOW, they are incommensurable. Unless, that is, one connects the two by the (non-physical) action of thinking about the two things. Physicalist materialism is self-refuting.