Why didn't God just tell all his "bad children" to go to thier room rather than have them all killed?

Answer 1

mat, God killed every first born of Egypt according to your bible.

Answer 2

Wouldn't that defeat the pleasure that God receives in seeing people tortured? Do you think God is feeling any remorse about the situation in the middle East -- especially considering that the Jews are supposed to be God's chosen people. Or, what about the other world wars, all fought in God's name?

Telling bad children to go to their room suggests that they are punished for only a short period of time, and then their privileges will resume. That rather goes against God's nature, doesn't it? If God is still so furious with Eve for eating an apple from "the wrong tree", then imagine how furious God must be with Enron, or with people who invade another country and start war when they have not had the sanction of the United Nations.

It all makes for a much higher level of drama. You don't want God to be bored.

Answer 3

Because it wouldn't have been as much fun. And if you don't think God had a sense of humor, check out the joke he played on Pharoah. Three times pharoah tried to tell Moses to take the Jews and go, but each time God told Moses hold on watch what I do next. I will harden pharoah's heart and multiply my signs and wonders on the land. God wouldn't let Pharoah give in gracefully. He wouldn't have had a reason to torment the Egyptians if Pharoah gave in too easily (besides that, his own people needed to be reminded that he led through fear not love).
God's M.O. has always been the same--the only way to get someone to do what you want is to threaten to kill him, and if he still won't comply--kill him!

Answer 4

He found a better way. In the garden of Eden He killed an innocent creature and covered Adam and Eve's sense of sin and later promised a redeemer, which became Jesus Christ His only begotten Son http://www.carm.org/doctrine/100truths.htm

Answer 5

Because he told them IN ADVANCE what they were supposed to do and not do and what the penalty was for disobeying.

They made a choice to disobey. Pretty darn simple.

Although God struck very few people dead he did give Israel
the means to kill thousands of their enemies. just like he is doing today.

Answer 6

We don't know all of the things that God knows, and we can't comprehend all of the things that God comprehends. One reason might be that since God knows the future, that He knew that the people would not repent, so if they are never going to repent, it would be merciful to kill them so that they would not commit more sins and have worse punishment in Hell.

Answer 7

God doesn't kill people, people kill people, diseases kill people. When your time is up the angel of death will be there waiting for you to take you to heaven. Humankind has evolved such hate over other peoples opinions and religion and sexual orientation, that it causes that hate to spill over into war and death. That was never the intention when humankind was born.

Dan C. I don't have a bible.

Answer 8

He did it so you in particular would get the opportunity on August 8, 2006, to post a question on Yahoo! Answers concerning his motives, while having little interest in coming to know him at all.

Answer 9

Because all gods live on the suffering and pain of others. That's why they create us. Gods are like vampires, they love to make us bleed for their pleasure.

Answer 10

Because God (within Christianity) is an evil being.

Answer 11

God doesn't see death as the end. It may be time for him to consider taking more of them.