What are Gods greatest flaws?

Question

I know that God is supposed to be perfect but with hindsight might it have been better if he'd done a few things differently?

For instance why did he go to the bother of creating all those ancient dinosaur fossils and sedimentary records which seem to refute the story of creation? Was this a mistake?

Why is there so much in the bible that is inappropriate for this day and age? I'm thinking of things like stoning, mass murder and condonement of slavery. Even if these are parables would'nt it have been better if he'd chosen ones which would have remained relevant and more palatable into the future?

What do you think God could have done differently if he were starting again today?

Amanda C - Thanks, I didnt realise that we were burning dinosaurs when we used fossil fuel - LOL

Answer 1

Inconsistancy. During the Bronze and Iron Ages he was everywhere. Even during the Dark and Middle Ages he made a few "appearances" but now he's absolutely nowhere to be seen or heard. He also says "An eye for an eye", then says "Forgive those who trespass against you."
In fact, you'd be forgiven to thinking he doesn't exist at all. So of course, I don't think he exists at all.

Answer 2

First off those dinosaurs serve a purpose... ever heard of fossil fuel?
How do you know that those scientist are really well educated? ever thought of that? the doctors of the 13th century were thought to be quacks so why not scientists?
Nothing in the bible condones Stoning it was just the way the culture was back then. the people decided that it was a just way for punishment. There is no condoning of slavery in the bible... and what you also have to understand most of the things that talk about slavery in the bible are for the most part historical documents. The bible was originally the peoples way of documenting history, culture, and events.
I don't think there is anything God could have done differently
I think there are a few things people could have done differently...

Answer 3

he probably would have made birds smarter and adaptable bc when we finish ourselves off its their world then. other than that nothing! what really hasnt come true? but if we saw magical beings i think we'd all snap worse than back then.

but ill say; this gravity exists right. We dont know why. we call a theorm not a law or principle. So the sytem/universe has limits. Nothing can exist in state 4ever. So neither can life. The system has constraints(works better if u understand physics and math theory) A constrained system, must be in flux if it is to be functioning. there4 im one of those that thinks evolution is God's plan. If u killed all the black cats in the world constantly. There shouldnt be any after 3-5 generations. but things happen. Some say God did it others a latent gene. Both could be right bc people forget about the TIMING factors in life. if some many biblical protaginist (all religons) couldnt accomplih their goa,l so to speak, the Devil would have won and things would b presumable WORSE right now. i believe the creator wants u to use your mind about things. maybe we can become a weaker 'minigod' in heaven. U never know. thats y they call it faith.

Answer 4

Glad you asked...The Bible is not written in chronological order for starters. There were different earth Ages. Read Isaiah 14:11-13, seems to indicate a past, present and future. As Does Daniel 11: 28-32..Job gives clues to what people actually saw when they lived. Behemoth is one of the words used

Answer 5

I believe man has the time wrong. We only in the last 100 yrs have been truly studying it. Soon they will find out....OPPS I made a mistake, these dinnorsor bones are actually 5000 yrs old and man will just laugh it off. Find something eles against God book...hey God does not exist again and so and so. Then repeat themselfs OPPS I made a mistake again. OPPS that is all science is.

Answer 6

God isnt a person so its useless to personify it. The only thing personification of God does if give something for people to blame... it was originally used probably as a method of communication to increase the understanding and relevance of the message meaning to the listeners. When spoken stories are written down literally you shouldnt take the mechanism's of storytelling out of context.

Answer 7

Probably making us human beings. We are fickle, make crazy decisions, we like dung wrapped in a gift even though God says it is sin, and the majority of us will reject and waste His sacrifice (His one and only Son). Lord help us all.

Then again, that can't be a flaw can it? No, thats true love. . . .

May we this day choose to TRUST and serve God who truly loves us. He makes no errors, His ways are perfect, and because He sees what we can not, He always gives us that which is best and for our salvation.

Num 23:19 God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Answer 8

why would they be flaws ? the bible speaks of a creation before his own . Old testament stuff like stoning and slavery were condoned until Jesus said it was wrong . and mass murder has never been justified in any era .

remember .
God gave us the choice to follow or not . If we were to start over , the same thing would have happened . To change us is to change free will to choose .

Answer 9

In my opinion, god's (the christian variety) greatest flaws would have to be arrogance, anger, and jealousy. It says in more than once place that god is jealous. Even one of the commandments given to moses shows that side. The fact that his book promotes violence against someone who is different shows the anger. The arrogance comes across when he venerates himself as the most powerful of all gods (and yes the bible does admit there are other gods, just that jesus's father is the best).

*prepares for the flood of negative reactions for stating my opinion*

Answer 10

Wow - list them? Can't, really. Killing 70,000 people because David sinned (not them), ordering entire tribes wiped out so their land could be stolen, ordering the Jewish tribes to rape, pillage and murder....

then there's the problem of whether he existed at all other than as a small desert mountain god whose story got spread at the point of a sword....