According to the Bible, he's done it every now and then, but what drove him over the edge?
Isn't he really bipolar?
2007-03-27 21:33:41 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, mass murder is not usually a feature of bipolar disorder. Most people with bipolar disorder would rightly object to being associated with that sort of behaviour.
I think the diagnosis you're after is "psychopath" or "sociopath".
And no, I don't think God, if he exists, is truly psychopathic.
However, a belief that mass killings and ethnic "cleansings" could possibly be jusifiable is most definitely in the psychopathic class of human ideas.
Apparently, a significant number of people who are presumably otherwise sane, find no difficulty with justifying the genocides of the Old Testament, or don't see them as problematic, or feel that they are "God's will" and therefore beyond human judgement.
That's what really sends shivers down my spine.
2007-03-27 22:16:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The god of the old testament is not GOD. Jesus revealed this fact to the Apostle John and is recorded in "the apocryphon of John" a book that was banned by the church as heresy and all but destroyed. Look it up on the internet and read the truth about creation.
2007-03-28 04:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by single eye 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what i would refer to as "the problem of evil" in theological or religious studies... why does god *do* or *permit* evil at all, if he's supremely good?
the simple answer I accept in the circumstances of the argument is that part of being supremely good is permitting people freedom of will -- hence, people-to-people style evil...
but god-to-people style evil?
there is another argument for both kinds of evil that I always thought was best, and it goes like this:
god has a plan for the best possible world -- and sometimes we mess it up with our free will (take sodom and gemorrah (sp)) -- so he has to clean up shop and start over again... or, given a different kind of god-to-man evil, he is doing something for the sake of a greater good later on.
i should note that i have no specific religious beliefs (and hence no convictive biases) so what i'm suggesting here is just something that i've thought about before in the context of religious beliefs.
2007-03-28 04:39:13 · answer #3 · answered by Steve C 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Grammar: You seem to know so much about what God does then, why don't you tell us all about Him ? I'm sure such a well-informed person like you can teach even, the most inept scholars about what God does. I bet you even, teach the university professors about the "bipolar" disorder that you claim God has ? Just to think - all those theological seminaries and you have missed your calling ... too bad !
2007-03-28 04:40:59 · answer #4 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I think the idea was to put fear into the people. When the prophets wrote the bible, I believe stories like that were the only way to control the masses. It's just a tool to brainwash people.
2007-03-28 04:38:46 · answer #5 · answered by Wendy 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The God of the Bible is a God of love, but He is also a God of justice.
Haven't you ever seen someone committing an evil that was so cruel and perverse that you felt they had to be stopped?
Well, vengeance is the Lord's. He repays men for their evil. He alone is qualified to do so, because He alone is perfect.
Yet I thank God, because He has shown the greatest love and mercy to us by taking our punishment for sin upon Himself. He did this upon the cross. No one is more loving than God; He laid down His life for us.
May God bless you.
2007-03-28 04:40:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
The OT admits that the L-rd is a Jealous G-d.
NOw Jesus saved us, you cannot now expect that He will do it again. He'll reserve it in Hell. That's Divine Mercy. Repent NOW or else you'll experience Divine JUdgement.
2007-03-28 04:44:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think he was hurt. Maybe he started thinking into the future and knew that they would never accept him and was just so hurt that he didn't want to deal with it, they had their chance. If they weren't going to fulfil any more purpose and they were purely evil then....?? I don't fully understand it. But I will still stick with that answer. I think I will pray. If I get a better answer I will let you know.
2007-03-28 04:40:05 · answer #8 · answered by butterflybaby20082007 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Who says hes benevolent? The Christian "good" means an order from their dictator god, and if you ignore god he will kill you and your family (or some sick punishment) because hes "good".
2007-03-28 04:39:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He is undergoing therapy for his manic depressive disorder. Plus, he's taking classes for anger management. He is a more rational friendlier God now.
2007-03-28 04:38:38 · answer #10 · answered by Uncle Meat 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋