I can't square up the idea of 'a loving god', with the actions of the God--mainly OT--God. Especially as told in the book of Solomon. King David takes the census the wrong way and punishment follows. Here are some other strange actions of God.
What I can't understand is why were THE PEOPLE strickin with the plague as punishment for king David's 'crime', and King David WASN'T PUNISHED at all. The subjects of the king only answered the census takers questions in obedience to the king's orders. Here are some other strange actions of God.
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.org
2007-05-22 06:32:34 · 6 answers · asked by robert2020 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
this website also has links to other websites which are pro-bible.
2007-05-22 06:54:33 · update #1
I got the websites backword the anti bible website is http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com.
the pro is: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.org
2007-05-22 07:10:26 · update #2
I got the websites backword the anti bible website is http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com
the pro is: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.org
2007-05-22 07:11:02 · update #3
Hmm.."kind and loving"...is that the same god who sent plagues and floods, was wrathful, created a hell for beings he created in his likeness where they could burn for eternity...and in modern times turns a deaf ear to the sick, acts like an absentee parent, in times of disaster seems to have gone awol, etc....yes, the ot god was vicious...nowadays god is just not there...he's the invisible man in the sky, an imaginary "friend," a favorite stuffed animal....one could say that the modern god might even be loving compared to the god of the ot (tho I would prefer the use of "benign"), but this loving god is in the same category as the tooth fairy, santa claus, and the easter bunny.
You are not alone in your inability to understand...and the most honest answer you will get is that god cannot be known or understood in human terms (which is not to say god exists).
2007-05-22 06:50:31 · answer #1 · answered by TheDoll 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently God went through rehab after the OT.
By the NT, he was all mellowed out, and decided to stop all the smiting.
Now he's all about peace and love (well, at least he is - his followers? That's another story.)
2007-05-22 13:37:13 · answer #2 · answered by Joe M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salute !!!
GOOOOD God has no right to punish someone for his past deeds. We change in every second.
Soooo, he can punish only the last person we turn out to be at the moment of death.... Certainly.....I am sure about it.. HA HA HA HA
2007-05-24 17:04:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
god had anger management issues then in the NT he mellowed out got some therapy went on prozac but then in the quran he apparently went of his meds and went back to the angry god
2007-05-22 13:42:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is just the history told in the Bible. That is the perception of whoever wrote it. That wasn't 'God'.
2007-05-22 13:36:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No rational person can square the concept of their god being loving
Look at the answer above me, see what I mean ?
It makes no sense
2007-05-22 13:37:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋