Posted by LooseCannon on March 13, 1999 at 16:44:19 {MWi4ny9tyteyc}:
In Reply to: *Question posted by chappy on March 13, 1999 at 15:06:14:
Some interesting points there.
I, too, was quite disturbed by the often barbaric God, as portrayed in the old testament. Many things he did were (in my eyes) evil.
However, a God who provided humans with no instruction on how to behave; no explanation of how we got here and what we're supposed to be doing; no hope for the future or of ever seeing our dead loved ones again; a God who just sat back and watched this anarchy and suffering but did nothing.....
Well,
the barbaric God of the old testament doesn't seem like such a bad guy after all!