I now almost fully believe that God is real, and that judgement day will happen. But I also strongly believe that God is evil. I can see how he could occasionally need to kill. I can see how he can often need to kill. But the fact is, I keep reading all these passages of him wiping out entire peoples, including babies, children, elderly. I came to understand why God wanted the Amekleites (sp?) wiped out. Because they weren't fully wiped out, and as a result, some of the survivors attacked the Isrealites later. But God has also specifically targetted children at least 1-2 times.
I know that God's ways are above our own, and we don't understand the full reason why God does certain things, but enough is enough. Murder is murder, no matter what. If I blindly excuse all of God's flaws behind a curtain of "we're only human, we're ignorant to God's ways", and everyone else does the same thing, he'll be allowed to keep doing horrific things to others, all under the guise of him being God and "knowing better". The Crusaders committed horrific war crimes against people, all in God's name. Brother rises up against brother, mostly because of the religions that are based on worship of this God. I refuse to stand for this any longer.
I sometimes thought of assisting Lucifer in turning people against God, but I don't know if Lucifer can be trusted, although I only have the Bible's information on him. Maybe he's like Prometheus, who only wanted to grant humans knowledge so they would no longer be simple minded servants to God. He saw that God was knowingly dangling knowledge just outside of humanity's reach, so he took pity on us.
And even if the Bible was right and it was wrong for Lucifer to tempt Eve, why did God allow Lucifer to tempt Eve in the first place? Why did God place the fruit so close within reach? Why didn't God start with Noah instead of Adam and Eve, if he knew they would sin? Why did God make his chosen people suffer through the Holocaust? (it's a part of Biblical prophecy, not the Holocaust specifically, but it mentions the horrors they went through in the Holocaust). Why are the punishments of a loving God so harsh, and visited on the son, even after God said they wouldn't be visited on the son? And how is it that there wasn't a rainbow until after the flood? God would have to suddenly change the laws of physics.
And if I do choose to turn against God, it doesn't matter what reason I'm doing it. I will be doomed to burn forever along with Lucifer and his fallen angels. I could just not worship him, I could live with that, because I'm still not supporting him, and I believe that all non believers will simply live far away from God's new kingdom, which won't be so bad. Many good people are non believers, so I would be in good company. But I feel a need to do something.
Edit: It's not so much about God killing people, it's that there were other options on the table, such as imprisonment, reformation, slavery (as bad as it is at least it would allow people to live), etc. But no, God just kills a ton of children who didn't even know any better, to punish someone else.
I know that God's ways are above our own, and we don't understand the full reason why God does certain things, but enough is enough. Murder is murder, no matter what. If I blindly excuse all of God's flaws behind a curtain of "we're only human, we're ignorant to God's ways", and everyone else does the same thing, he'll be allowed to keep doing horrific things to others, all under the guise of him being God and "knowing better". The Crusaders committed horrific war crimes against people, all in God's name. Brother rises up against brother, mostly because of the religions that are based on worship of this God. I refuse to stand for this any longer.
I sometimes thought of assisting Lucifer in turning people against God, but I don't know if Lucifer can be trusted, although I only have the Bible's information on him. Maybe he's like Prometheus, who only wanted to grant humans knowledge so they would no longer be simple minded servants to God. He saw that God was knowingly dangling knowledge just outside of humanity's reach, so he took pity on us.
And even if the Bible was right and it was wrong for Lucifer to tempt Eve, why did God allow Lucifer to tempt Eve in the first place? Why did God place the fruit so close within reach? Why didn't God start with Noah instead of Adam and Eve, if he knew they would sin? Why did God make his chosen people suffer through the Holocaust? (it's a part of Biblical prophecy, not the Holocaust specifically, but it mentions the horrors they went through in the Holocaust). Why are the punishments of a loving God so harsh, and visited on the son, even after God said they wouldn't be visited on the son? And how is it that there wasn't a rainbow until after the flood? God would have to suddenly change the laws of physics.
And if I do choose to turn against God, it doesn't matter what reason I'm doing it. I will be doomed to burn forever along with Lucifer and his fallen angels. I could just not worship him, I could live with that, because I'm still not supporting him, and I believe that all non believers will simply live far away from God's new kingdom, which won't be so bad. Many good people are non believers, so I would be in good company. But I feel a need to do something.
Edit: It's not so much about God killing people, it's that there were other options on the table, such as imprisonment, reformation, slavery (as bad as it is at least it would allow people to live), etc. But no, God just kills a ton of children who didn't even know any better, to punish someone else.
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