Christians: Why do you think that atheists like to point out the evil in the bible?

Question

Isn't it good to expose evil? Of course you will say it's not evil if god does it, but if you did it it sure would be.

Godless: I know the answer though since I am one.

Chris P: It's shorter than saying "things that hurt people". Plus you all know what it means so why not use it?

MtnMan: Why is it meaningless to wonder what Christians think of atheist postings? Look up the definition of meaningless and get back to me.

Answer 1

Steve, I will not say "its not evil if God does it", but I do often wonder why atheists feel compelled to do it.

They claim they are not proselytizing and yet that seems to be exactly what they do; and, if you point that out to them their answer is, well, you do it to us.

I don't...so that is not an answer for me. cal

Answer 2

I love these questions! First of all, you have to define what is meant by "evil": If by evil we mean God cleansing the earth by the flood, or smiting Soddom and Gommorah then perhaps there is evil committed by God. Most people familiar with the Bible know that God unsuccessfully tried to turn the people from their wrong-doing many times before deciding that he must start again.

If by "evil" we mean the fact that Lot's daughters seduced him in an effort to repopulate the region after their city was destroyed...well that is just human ignorance, not evil.

The evil in the Bible can be attributed to the times (we have different social mores now) and to the fact that the stories are IN THE BIBLE to give us examples of what NOT to do. They also show the dangers of mob mentality.

To get back to the question, you dont have to be an Atheist to point out discrepancies in the Bible. Some people are simply angry with God because their lives are sad... some people are just smarty pants who like to argue... and some people cannot find a way to believe in the eternal forgiveness of Jesus Christ.

Remember the word is living and meant to guide you, not meant as a blow by blow accurate history. It was not ACTUALLY written by God. It was written by men. If there is evil in the Bible, it is the way that the Bible has been used to spread hate instead of love that is the evil.

Answer 3

Take an atheist and put them in harms way, like knowing that they are gonna die and they only have enough time to shout something out of their mouths, 9 out of 10 times that atheist is gonna say" OH MY GOD!" or "GOD HELP ME!" they have not found God and so they think it is easier to say that God is not real than to search their own souls and find him/her within. The Bible is a guideline to help all of us answer some of the most difficult of our problems, to give us hope that there is a reward after this existence and to assure us that we have something to live right for. It is a message to us from the past to carry on to the future. I would never say that someones beliefs are wrong just because they aren't the same as mine, if you do try to live by the Bible, then you should "Judge not, lest ye be judged" "he who is free of all sin can cast the first stone!" Peace, love, and joy to you all!

Answer 4

Because most Christians, when asked about god, will say that he is pure love. So, then atheist in rebuttal to the argument that they are 'going to hell for worshiping Satan' Say, well if God is love, then why would he wipe out an entire nation, why would he wipe out a whole planet, why does he allow suffering, pain sickness disease, you're God's morals are worse than any atheists.
But If one takes a look at the bible and the evil accounts, God wants justice for his people. He already knows everyone's hearts, because he made them to be the way they are.

Answer 5

The Bible does speak of evil, and there is evil in the world. We are all given free will, to believe or not. I believe. I can't tell you why atheists do anything, or point out anything, because I'm not an atheist

Answer 6

I do it because Christians tend to pick and choose what they want from the bible to fit in with how they invision God and Jesus. In reality the Bible shows God as a confused man trying to get his creation to love him. He tries many different methods, he tries tough love. He tries to reward them for their obidence. But that all failed so he came down as a man and showed mankind how to live the perfect life. Be good to others and love God, and showed that all the rules he set out had been taken way out of porportion and a change was necessary. But again we have taken Jesus' life out of context.

I don't believe in any of the bible, but if you do you have to believe the whole thing. The truth is sometimes God reacted in ways unfitting of an all loving God. He killed many innocent people. It seems in this day and age he's trying a more hands off approach, and hoping we'll realize that we are all a part of God, but again we are dividing ourselves, and ironically we use religion to seperate ourselves. Look at America, there is great seperation there, and most of it is between the religious right, and the open minded left.

Answer 7

Hi Steve,

Well not as humorous as some of your other output but pretty much just as meaningless. Course that should be expected coming from you. Right?!

In my experience with Atheistic philosophers, this is a point of input for you as you in no way qualify as one, (if you had any awareness you would realize that so at least this question supports your role play image of not being a rational being), references to things they perceive as being contradictory to Theistic beliefs is for a point of discussion and enlightenment for them and or the party they are having the discussion with.

Why your output are sometimes phrased in a similar manner, I could only guess, (sigh) but they are quite humorous still the same. For me at least that is enough,

Keep it up Steve, we love ya!

Answer 8

Because they would rather judge God than bend the knee to Him.

You answered your own question. The Hebrew tenses do not attribute evil to God. When the cup of transgressions are full, the result is destruction. The Hebrew metaphoric verb translates into English as 'God sent destruction.' etc.

Evil behavior results in destruction.

Answer 9

Citing passages out of context, in a vacuum, is one problem. Not providing a balanced report is another.

It's one thing to point out a horrific episode from the bible. However, it should be done with full examination of the context of the episode.

Further, there are just as many, if not far more, positive episodes as well that the atheists choose to simply ignore.

Atheists are always attacking people of faith as being 'closed-minded' and 'non-analytical' and 'thoughtless sheep'...yet they display not one of the qualities they claim are missing from religionists.

Answer 10

i don't think of your evil, nor does your question made me hate you're get mad at you. not all Christians think of Atheists are evil. as a count of actuality, Christians who relatively are striving to stay for Christ and make a distinction (that are most of the authentic ones- you basically see the radicals and such by way of fact they convey about interest to themselves) are people who might sit down over lunch with you and merely communicate approximately this kinda stuff extremely of screaming at you for believing diverse. Dont comprehend approximately you yet a sturdy verbal replace, in spite of if the two diverse events disagree, is a fresh prevalence. the only element i could say is which you suspect what you factor out are "injustices," yet you may undergo in ideas which you're drawing near it needless to say not believing or agreeing with the different ingredient. you have not got self assurance that Christ is the author, that he's Sovereign, etc. so which you does not know that actuality that we've self assurance He does what He needs (and rightfully so!). yet another element i might decide to show out is that Christ has 2 facets to Him- the proper, organic, righteous ingredient demands justice and fee for sin, yet then you certainly've the loving ingredient, that's the sacrifice that Jesus gave us by utilising sending His Son to die on the pass and pay our debt in finished as quickly as and for all. yet in addition the reality that Christ is a Christians "surprising ethical known" is a perplexing element for Atheist to swallow, by way of fact in Atheism each guy or woman defines the place that ethical bar is set. So i comprehend why you may think of a few issues are injustices. --God bless

Answer 11

you got your answer from some of the christian answers. not the vacuous content of the answers but the nature of the answers themselves. they accuse atheists of being ignorant, evil, jealous (?) and having no definitive moral grounding. as i was brought up in a christian family and went to a christian school, i had very little idea of evolution or real science, ( in biology, physics and chemistry we did the basic functional mechanics but none of the underlying principles), so my nascent atheism was based on what i saw as the contradictory nature of the texts, the sheer ridiculous and superstitious nature of some of the passages and of course the cruel nature of the god of the old testament. my scholling taught me that god was infinately loving and merciful, but the old testament and revalations flatly refuted that in my eyes. take for example, Numbers 21:34 & 35, ( yes, i'm pointing out evil in the bible, but merely to illustrate why it caused me to become an atheist and to high light the moral ambiguity of those who believe in the literal word of the bible). god orders moses to commit genocide on the amorites and helps moses to do it. this passage cannot be said to be taken out of context, it is pretty unambiguous, kill every last living amorite because they are living where god wished the hebrews to live and because they were idolators, ditto the canaanites. now, does chritianity condone the genocide of non-believers. if you believe the literal word of the bible then you do condone genocide on those grounds. i would say the moral foundations of these people are on pretty shakey ground. i use the bible to justify my disbelief in the same way as believers use it to justify their belief, because of the christian upbringing i had, my disbelief stems from the teachings of the bible,therefore, i use the bible to justify my disbelief.