Momma Angel wrote:
Frank,
Don't you take everything into account when deciding whether someone is your friend or not?
Yes.
Quote: Don't you like to have a pretty good idea of all of their character and not just one particular part of it?
Yes.
Quote:If you were a defendant on trial for your life, do you want things left out and not the whole story told?
No.
Quote:Sure, maybe you killed someone but don't you think it might be important why you killed someone? I mean, if he was trying to kill you, I'd say that's self-defense not murder. So, you need to have as much of the story as possible to render your verdict.
Absolutely!
Quote:I would say, judging by most of the posts of those claiming the Bible is not true, they would be a prosecuting attorney trying to toss evidence out right and left.
I don't think so. Most of us arguing about the "character" of the god of the Bible...could care less about whether or not it is true.
We can describe the character of a fiction character....just as easily as we can describe the character of a real person.
So whether or not I think the Bible is true or fiction DOES NOT MATTER when discussing what the character of the god of the Bible is.
Quote:Yes, God in the OT did the things it said He did. It also tells you why He did those things, but you and others have not accepted the fact that He is God and He makes the rules, not us.
That is absurd, MA.
And even if I were to grant this absurdity...that does not change the fact that the god does these things.
If you want to give the god a free pass because you are terrified of it...do so. But we certainly can make judgements about the actions....without regard to the ficition involved.
MA...as respectfully as I can possibly say this...the stuff the god does is absolutely appalling. The god is disgusting...one of the most disgusting fictional characters I've personally ever encountered.
I still challenge anyone here to come up with a list of every time the god is actually doing something...or speaking to someone...where the primary focus of the god is something nice, kind, compassionate, indicative of an appreciation for the human predicament, indicative of a love for humanity....
...or for that matter, where the focus is NOT punishing, killing, asking others to kill, or threatening.
The god, MA...IS DISGUSTING.
And no extra reading of the Bible is going to change that.