LittleNipper
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Everyone dies. That is the result of SIN! Would you rather have a swift kick in the pants or a slow lingering painful death? GOD was very merciful if one views the alternatives. The people who were at ground ZERO when the A-bombs detonated were gone in an instant --- did they have a chance to ask for forgiveness?Every creature on earth did not die of old ageGod didn't do that though. Again your error is in understanding what the text is saying.The difference between your take on it and my take on it is revelation. You've had revelations, right?Well, if man wrote the Bible, we are in agreementYes, in fact, I believe he said his name is jealous. You see that as a negative, but that's only because you don't understand it. He doesn't punish anyone. You don't understand that either. It's almost like you think God is up there pulling all these levers and strings. Sorry to burst your illusion, we're pretty much on our own.
Everyone pretty much worships something. We don't really have a choice. It is the compulsive nature of humans. After all we are still pretty much animals. The only choice we have in the matter is in choosing what we will worship.
Now back to an earlier point of mine, God didn't write the Bible. Men did. Quit blaming God for what man wrote. And try to understand what those men meant instead of jumping to ridiculous strawmen conclusions.
It is not a work of divine inspiration but an attempt by early, primitive men to lay a framework for an emerging religion. That is why there is such a wide differentiation of an angry God in the OT to a loving God in the NT
And no, it was not primitive man laying a groundwork for an emerging religion.
The Jews didn't see God as angry. Quite the opposite. So the error is yours.
A God that destroys all living things is an angry God. A God that kills innocent children to punish Pharoh is an angry God
Primitive man needed primitive religion. Be good or God will punish you. If you do not believe in the God I tell you, you will be punished
Look, every living things dies. Why are you getting all twisted up over people who died in a flood when you could just as easily blame God for everyone dying.
Death is a part of life. You can't have one without the other. Stop blaming God for it. Are you seriously arguing that unless everything isn't perfect and we all live forever and God doesn't perform magic so your sorry ass doesn't have to suffer through life there can be no God?
Here's a novel approach, why don't you recognize the extremely rare and precious gift you have been given and be appreciative of it. For crying out loud, you have hit the cosmic lottery and don't even realize it.
They died horrifically in an ecological catastrophe
I am arguing that the God in the OT was not a loveable Guy