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Mudda as for the killing and genocides, floods, etc.
This represents the turmoil crisis and catastrophes from living out of harmony with the natural laws of life and peace with all living things in the universe.
This is the old ways of the past, and not something we want to keep repeating.
When we make the decision to live in harmony and peace, then all this changes.
The metaphor of blaming this on a personal God is just that, a symbolic metaphor representing the thought process of man.
if we take responsibility for solving problems, we change this paradigm and relationship.
if we continue to reject responsibility and project blame, this suffering continues to go in endless circles.
Life is not a game to be won by deflecting blame.
So what you see and describe is a phase that humanity goes through to learn to deal with life by experience.
Since what you say is clearly negative and conflicted, that clearly is not the solution, then the message is basically "none of these old ways make sense" and all that has to change.
So what you are saying and assessing is basically coming to the same conclusions about the OT "not working" but just leading to "death and destruction."
EXACTLY
That's why humanity eventually gives up on these "old ways" and seeks and eventually receives a "new way" of approaching life that DOESN'T lead to these impossible contradictions!
We are meant to run into these walls.
You are right, it doesn't make sense.
Eventually we have to give up the old ways
and accept the fact this fails, and we need to let go and find a better way to live and look at life that is consistent and not these constant contradictions that go in circles!
