Isn't it ironic that "god" is the biggest mass-murderer in the Bible?

Answer 1

It is. It's even more ironic when a follower harmonizes this fact to make themselves feel good about their God's character.

"Do what I say, or die and feel everlasting torture!" - Christian God

Sounds like a dictator to me.

Answer 2

He is the Creator, the Owner of everything that has ever existed. We are his creation.

Isaiah 45:9 Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?

Whenever God allows something to happen, or does something, He has a reason and a purpose that is always beyond our comprehension. The Bible teaches He is a loving God and Father, and He is just. So we may not comprehend many times what He is doing, but we must trust that He knows better. God is sovereign. He does as he pleases, but we can be assured by the scriptures, that whatever He decides, even when we think it will work against us, is better than any decision or judgment we as human beings can make.

So no, I don't think He is a mass murderer. I think that even bad things work in favor of those who trust and believe in Him.

Answer 3

Yes. You'll notice that by the time the New Testament is through, Jesus tells us he has come to tear away the old ways. The angry G-d of the Jews in the Old Testament was so because they disobeyed so wrongly time after time. Also when things were going right there were armies arrayed against the Israelites. Notice how G-d agrees with Lot that even if they were less than 10 good men in Sodom, he would not destroy the city? That's pretty merciful. Thank you-know who there are at least (most?) ten good people living in the UsofA today!
Now our understanding of G-d is that of the Father in the parable of the Prodigal Son: worried over our mistake-prone lives but strong enough to allow us to make those mistakes. And when we return? Oh, the feast he lays for us! Rejoice. Our G-d is Love.

Answer 4

The term "mass-murderer" is the problem with your question. God alone has the right to give and take away, to punish and reward. God acted in response to people's actions and sins, since the New Testament or new covenant, all sins were paid for in full when Christ died on the cross. God has saved far more from death than He has killed. Don't forget He created life as well. So, no there is no "irony".

Answer 5

i·ro·ny1 /ˈaɪrəni, ˈaɪər-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ahy-ruh-nee, ahy-er-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -nies. 1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
2. Literature. a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b. (esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.

3. Socratic irony.
4. dramatic irony.
5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
6. the incongruity of this.
7. an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
8. an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.


In some ways, yes. I find "god" to be more of an ultraviolent, insecure, psychotic more than anything else.

Answer 6

The biblical God seems more like a tyrant than a benevolent being. Even if I assume that God is real, I don't he's worthy of worship. I can't be scared into belief.

Answer 7

Ironic and sad, that so many people are willing to develop a loving relationship with a God who committed genocide throughout human history, and that not being enough, promises to torture humanity for eternity.

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Edit: Isn't is morally wrong or unjustified to kill captive women and children in the tens of thousands as documented in Numbers 31?

Answer 8

Well, since murder is the 'unjustified taking of an innocent life,' I would have to say the basic premise of your question is incorrect.

Please engage a little grey matter and ask an intelligable question.

Answer 9

No, what is ironic is when, on one hand, God is accused of genocide for executing judgment on wickedness to stop it and then, on the other hand, is accused of being heartless when He does not pass judgment on wickedness to stop it. You cannot have it both ways.

Answer 10

Murder is only murder if the killing is morally wrong. God has never killed anyone who shouldn't have died.