People portray the Christian/OT God as a monster
Posted by Pikes Peak 14115 on March 21, 2024, 10:54 pm, in reply to "
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Remember the OT like all else was written by... men. Men who then felt compelled to tell other men what God told them, to tell everybody else what to do and warn them with God's threats of destruction. This OT God is a petulant, vengeful child-tyrant of conflicted and incompatible demands. Viewed as a history instead of a guide, it makes sense. It's a bunch of prophets who really messed things up. The one thing I believe we can honestly agree on, is we have no idea what "God" is. The moment you think you have it... Him defined, it... He does something wholly opposite. What is love? The Greeks had dozens of words for different kinds of it. None are definitive. Honestly I have to say I don't know what music is either. I know what it does. I know how to craft and make it. But just like God, and love, its precise definition, if it has one, eludes me. I know it's there. Love is there. God is there. I am no closer now than sixty years ago.
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- Is God a good person? - Devo March 19, 2024, 12:41 pm
- If you are talking about the Biblical god then unequivically NO - Trish March 20, 2024, 6:39 am
- Not by human standards.... - Sprout March 19, 2024, 1:16 pm
- That’s right, not by human standards. - observer March 19, 2024, 11:26 pm
- I thought indiscriminate killing was done by the devil. - Ken C March 19, 2024, 2:07 pm
- I think that is often what is taught to young children... I remember that - Sprout March 20, 2024, 5:01 am
- The OT God killed everyone but Noah, sons and wives. - Pikes Peak 14115 March 19, 2024, 4:47 pm
- Well, evidently he. she or it spared Asians. - Muqwump March 20, 2024, 7:58 am
- Yup, because he LOVED them SO MUCH! - Sia March 19, 2024, 9:17 pm
- No, they were killed because they were disobedient, terribly - observer March 19, 2024, 8:55 pm
- When I went to church, they focused on the New Testament. - Ken C March 19, 2024, 7:54 pm
- I don't know if He is because you think He is. - Pikes Peak 14115 March 19, 2024, 12:59 pm
- God is good. The devil is bad. - Ken C March 19, 2024, 12:52 pm
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