Why is it so hard for Christians, Jews and Muslims to perceive a God who doesn't punish or kill ? Everytime I

Question

write a question that the Lord in heaven can not be of a two fold nature, these religious persons give me these answers equating God to acting like a parent. Love is love and hate is hate. How can the Lord be a good example to mankind through it's religions if he is written to behave no better than a COMMON man. Isn't time to change these idiotic perspectives ?

Answer 1

Aristole said:

"Men create gods after their own image,not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life"

Answer 2

chosen: These perspectives are founded on conjecture and misunderstanding. It is only through devine revelation that a person can come into the knowledge of who God is. The unconverted see things through a natural or "carnal" mind set and can not comprehend a God, validity of the Holy Bible as God's word nor the over-all plan being worked out here, on this earth from Adam & Eve forward. God is accused of being a "Being" waiting to pounce on the first person who gets out of line. People forget, that God has the power to restore life again to those He takes it from. "Religion" taints God's image, by showing Him to be a harsh and demanding task master, waiting to cast people into a hell to burn forever.
God loves conditional - free and wants to share His unfanthomable GRACE with everyone.

Answer 3

Because as Jews we don't divide God up into a being who creates good, and another being who creates evil called Satan. We believe everything comes from God, it is God alone who creates everything.

In Judaism we don't have an angel named Satan who rebelled against God and seeks to take over God's kingdom and steal the souls of mankind and rule the universe. This is ridiculous to Jews. We have Satan who is an angel who only does God's will, always, and has never rebelled against God. God uses this angel when God wants to make a challenge for a human. This angel also brings our book of life before God when we die, and acts as a kind of prosecuting attorney - all on God's direction, Satan does not do anything against God's will, ever.

So we have God saying in Isaiah 45:5-7
"I am God and there is no other; other than me there is no God. I will gird you though you did not know me, in order that those from the East and the West would know that there is nothing besides Me.

I am God and there is no other. I am the One who creates light and forms darkness, who makes peace AND CREATES EVIL. I am God, maker of all these."


The word there for evil is in Hebrew, "ra". It does not translate as "catastrophe" or "disaster" or anything else the church has translated it as. "Ra" means "evil". Period.

That is why we Jews know that everything comes from God, and from God alone, whether we perceive it to be good or evil.

Answer 4

The difference between God and a parent is the parent punishes out of love, in order to correct a child's behavior. God's punishment comes from hate and does not correct behavior. It is only for retribution.

Answer 5

A question that came to MY mind while reading your question is:

Why do people imagine God would punish and kill the "children" so quietly? If He's supposedly so reactive, quick to anger, and full of revenge, would it not stand to reason that he would be bellowing and crashing the skies in fury to show his displeasure? Where, the heck, is He?

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Answer 6

Because that's a very stupid idea how can God be just if he treats a killer like a good man or if he treats those who never believed in him like those who spent all their lives believing in him and praying and making good deeds, this would be extreme injustice and that not God's quality.
Muslim

Answer 7

How is it possible to love without rebuking or disciplining those who are doing things that are destructive to themselves and others?