Why have people come to percieve god as good?

The Greeks and Romans had gods that warred against each other and even tortured other gods, take the case of Prometheus who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to man in turn Zeus put him on a rock to have his liver and eyes pecked and torn out by crows and every day it would grow back only to be torn and pecked out again. It seems with the Abrahamic God people seem to perceive him as 'good' and 'merciful' what have you. But that isn't exactly true, in my opinion. Take for instance these few verses:



Those would be considered acts of GENOCIDE in this day and age! Notice in Samuel their god tells the Israelites to kill even the infant and the suckling. In Numbers he tells them to keep the women children for themselves! And if you read it in context the god isn't just having them do this off of whim but out of vengeance! Revenge is their reason for genocide. So my question is why would a god use mans logic? Why would a god seek revenge? Wouldn't a god, especially the father of Christ, just turn the other cheek?

The OT showed mankind that we are sinners who live to please ourselves rather than honor God and His creation and thus, all deserve death. The NT shows us that God forgave us for those things even though we don't deserve His forgiveness. So Jesus died for those who hate him which is the epitome of complete and total selfless love.

Even children?


C'mon.... :no:

God repeatedly warned man that if he disobeyed God, he would die. Man still didn't listen. So God said that he would kill their children if they didn't listen to God. Man still didn't listen nor does he do so today. So unfortunately, most parents don't care enough about their children to listen to God. then they wonder why God kills their children. :eek:

So if you really care about your children, you need to listen and obey God, both for their sake and yours. if you don't, you've been warned as even you know since you look up the verses that tell us that God does what he said He will do. Man did not create the universe and everything in it, God did. So He controls it. But if man continues to call Him a liar and rebel against him, man will find out the hard way that God was telling the truth the whole time. It's that simple. :frown:

Why should the children be punished, they did nothing wrong. This is not the behavior of a benevolent god.

:eek: I already explained to you why. No one is innocent anyway because we were all conceived in sin.

So again, the answer every question you've asked can be found in the bible. If you really want answers to them you'll read the bible. But if you don't believe the the bible, then I'm afraid you'll have to live in total darkenss about; what the history of the Jews is, what sin is, why God does anything, what hell is, what heaven is, what salvation is, why the world works the way it does, what's going to happen in the future and what happens after we die.

You'll thus have to live in a total wasteland of ignorance which means you aren't qualified to discuss any of these issues. But if you persist in discussing them anyway, then don't expect anyone to take you seriously until you become educated. :rolleyes: Good day.

I don't care what you say, murdering children is not good nor was it justified. Quit making excuses.


Sin is nothing more than a contrived disease so you can push your contrived cure.

I've read the bible, many times. This is how I can say it contains many falsehoods and abhorrent commandments. It is riddled with things we know are wrong and yet you persist in delusion. You are not capable of defending your mythology which is why you don't want me to discuss it.

Why should the children be punished, they did nothing wrong. This is not the behavior of a benevolent god.

If you don't want your children to be destroyed, then listen to and obey God. ;)But I already know that you don't care about children enough to listen to God. ;)So you're not fooling me and you're certainly not fooling God.

If you don't want your children to be destroyed, then listen to and obey God. ;)But I already know that you don't care about children enough to listen to God. ;)So you're not fooling me and you're certainly not fooling God.

If you don't want your children to be destroyed, then listen to and obey God. ;)But I already know that you don't care about children enough to listen to God. ;)So you're not fooling me and you're certainly not fooling God.

That makes no sense what so ever.

So by your reasoning If I sin my children will be punished by going to hell?

Does your God not love all his children?

Why would a Child be punished for the actions of their parents? Isn't damnation handed out on an individual basis?

:eek:not only going to hell numpty.. but DESTROYED!!!!:no:!!!!!.. i am aware of something they call generational sin.. where the affects of sin.. are carried down to our children.. their children.. their children's children... i was baptized when i was younger.. and i distinctly remember them praying over me to break the bonds of the generations of sin that apparently i was suffering from.:rollinglaugh:

in case you didnt read my other post.. concerning my awakening.. i once would have called my self a child of god.. but i am no longer suffering from that delusion..

Here's to being God! :beerchug:


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You have sin? Why heavens no! You're a sinless god! :rollinglaugh: Or so you're deluded to believe. :rolleyes: