I keep getting the "Oh, no, no...you don't understand! That was the OT! Read the NT!" responses to my answers. It started to get get overwhelming so I wanted to address this issue.
Please enlighten me: why was God so angry and punitive in the OT? He was angry, spoke of sin of mankind frequently, slavery, sent a flood to kill everyone but Noah's family, and ordered people to die. Then all of a sudden, Jesus dies, and he softens up? Now he's okay with humans?
Is God, at heart, an angry being? I always get the "Oh noes!!!111, that's the OT. Jesus saved you." Why did it take death for God to be more loving? If he is a superior being, shouldn't He have been just as compassionate as His son?
The point is that it was still a part of the history of God. At one point, He just needed some anger management therapy.
2006-08-11
18:23:24
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