Is God a Moral Monster?
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:00 pm
Dawkins has said...
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.
If we think God is too loving to allow people to go to hell, then how can we reconcile parts of the old testament that point to scriptures such as God telling people to kill others include children and babies. Also what about wiping out all the people in the flood?
While, I don't agree with Dawkins description of God, I do think that hell is just one of the many instances where we need to accept the truth that God is not only loving but he is also just and holy.
Reaching out to steady the ark of the covenant caused a man to die. Sometimes I think we just don't fully comprehend the true holiness of God.
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.
If we think God is too loving to allow people to go to hell, then how can we reconcile parts of the old testament that point to scriptures such as God telling people to kill others include children and babies. Also what about wiping out all the people in the flood?
While, I don't agree with Dawkins description of God, I do think that hell is just one of the many instances where we need to accept the truth that God is not only loving but he is also just and holy.
Reaching out to steady the ark of the covenant caused a man to die. Sometimes I think we just don't fully comprehend the true holiness of God.