OK, I'm not asking this to offend or glibly throw these comparisons around as people tend to do, I'm making a serious point:
There was a leader of a country. This leader had absolute power in his country. In one medium sized-city in his land, 200 men offended the leader. After thinking about an appropriate response, the leader had the city destroyed along with every man, woman, and child in it by dropping fire-bombs from the sky.
Who was this leader?
A) Saddam Hussein
B) Adolf Hitler
C) God
D) All of the above
(Hitler may not be a perfect comparison, but look at how many men, women, and children he slaughtered in his own country, and please give me a little lee-way)
Think about this and perhaps explain why, even if it is D, this act is irrelevant to god being all-good with not one drop of evil in him. BTW, I personally define evil as an egotism so strong that one doesn't care who is hurt or how badly in the pursuit of one's own goals.
2006-09-20 09:03:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To everyone who wrote that the cities were pure evil:
So the infants and toddlers need to be put to death? God engages in preemptive strikes? Why weren't these children given the opportunity for redpemption? Today, if god knows a kid will grow up to be unsaved, is it ok for him to just slaughter that kid?
2006-09-22 02:40:12 · update #1
Those who say that God is all good are ignorant of the Bible even though they usually claim to base their life on it. The Bible is a collection of stories. Many were available, but the Church dictated which stories would be cannonized into what is now known as the bible. Additionally the Bible is divided into two major sections. The Old Testament and the New Testament. Christianity is based off of the New Testament and Judiasm is based off of part of the Old Testament along with other works.
The two sections of the bible depict a very different God. Simplistically, the Old Testament shows a vengeful, wrathful God whose punishment for transgressions is swift and absolute. Eye for and eye, etc... The New Testament shows a God based on forgiveness, sympathy and turning the other other cheek.
Anyone who reads the entire bible and walks away with the impression that God is good and nice and all sunshine and bunny rabbits was not paying attention.
So in response to your analogy of God, Hitler and Saddam, there might not be a difference in the actions, but I would think that the difference comes in the ability of God as creator and architect of the universe to judge people for their sins and man's prohibition from doing that.
This of course spawns a whole new discussion about criminal justice systems and the like, but to keep it simple. In the context of the bible (not saying I agree), God alone has the ability to judge ones actions against God's rules. No man has the right to establish rules that supersede God's and no man has the right to judge based off of God's rules or any others...
2006-09-20 09:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by jac4drac 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Saddam Husain preferred to use gas until the USA stopped supplying him with it, Adolf Hitler was also a fan of gas. There is no evidence of a God, So my answer is none of the above.
There are Christian tales about God doing things like that, why I can't imagine.You can only hope a Christian can answer this question in a way that makes any sense, I am doubtful that will happen given the caliber of their responses
2006-09-20 16:10:10 · answer #2 · answered by . 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are referring to Sodom and Gommorrah, These cities were pure evil. As judged by God the creator. If they hadn't been destroyed, what would this world be like today? These people would have corrupted people outside of those cities as the population grew. God knows what He is doing. And it's not for us to question His actions. I hope this sheds some light on your question.
2006-09-20 16:22:18 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is the only one that has the ability to take life, and it is he who gives it. God does not murder--which is the crime and the sin. God does with what is his what he wishes to do, for his own good purposes.
Nothing in life goes unaccounted for. Don't worry. God knows how many hairs are on your head.
2006-09-20 16:09:24 · answer #4 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like Sodom and Gomorrah to me. But they didn't merely offend God. They were all-around evil. If that makes God egotistical, in your opinion, then so be it.
2006-09-20 16:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by p2of9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who are you to judge God?
By the sound of it, you don't even believe in Him. You should pray and ask God into your life so that you may come to know Him.
2006-09-20 16:07:59 · answer #6 · answered by slim1234 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is the only one that is a ficticious evil bastard, and the others are factual.
Do I win a prize?
2006-09-20 16:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by fumanch00 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
D) All of the above.
That's why it's called absolute power.
2006-09-20 16:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a
2006-09-20 16:08:18 · answer #9 · answered by san_ann68 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋