Hmm...
Giant flood consuming the Earth, Sodom and Gomorrah, fiery famines, many plagues, sending two bears to mercilessly slaughter 42 children because they made fun of a bald guy, infanticide, slavery, racism, sexism...
Yeah, really feeling the love, God.
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Mankind: murder, -blam!-, theft, greed, adultery, lust, worshipping idols, profanity, blasphemy, drunkards, violence, wrath, hate, causing others to sin. Need I continue? God is just in His actions. Man seeks to please the desires of the flesh, not God who's plans for us is better than our own and even more enjoyable. Earlier there was a random stranger, elderly man in a wheelchair couldn't hear very well and I felt impressed to pray for him. My flesh didn't want to, but I prayed for him anyways right there in the food joint in a room full of people. I didn't do it to please myself I did it because the whole time I was in there it felt like I should pray for him. That was God. Not my flesh. And just a while ago some annoying voice trying to discourage me said "your prayers didn't do anything, you fool, nothing is going to happen." The times the devil tries to discourage someone shows that they did right and the devil doesn't want them to do it again. I shut down that voice with Jesus name. I've got faith God will heal that man.
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God: Murder, -blam!-, slavery, racism, infanticide, sexism, violence, wrath, causing others to sin. Need I continue? Oh, so it's okay for God to slaughter the human race because they defied him, but it's bad for Hitler to do it? Hitler believed that the Jews disgraced him, so he slaughtered them. But why is he a bad guy, and God is not? Sir, you may have a mild case of schizophrenia or insanity if you are hearing voices or believe you are being possessed. But that voice was right, your prayers would be useless. Assuming God even exists in the first place, he has a plan, right? So, if your prayers go along with his plan, then your prayers were redundant. If they were against his plan, then they were futile. If God doesn't stop -blam!-, murder, poverty, and hunger, he definitely won't help some old man. Also, your faith is irrelevant. Since there is no proof of God's existence in the first place, then there is no reason to have faith in him. You may as well have faith that the Tooth Fairy will come and take your teeth every night.
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The difference between Hitler and God is Hitler was a mad man who murdered Jews for being Jewish. God said what we shouldn't do like any father would tell his kids. Mankind directly violated those rules intentionally then began to enjoy it and boadted about their vile deeds. God was simply saying that He isn't meant to be taken as a joke. When the flood happened God let Noah and his peeps survive on the ark. After they survived they turned on God. He could have destroyed Noah then yet spared him and his family because Gods love is greater than the wrath. Why doesn't God stop wars? Well why do people try to mock God? God created free will. Choose Him or not. If you don't choose God then what would God do for you but give you another day to live? If you want to be an evil person in life that's on your hands not God's hands. The person in control of their eternity is the person living the life they were given. So the question is simple. Heaven or hell, where do you want to go? Luke 17:33 KJV Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. God will heal that man. I know it, I declare it in Jesus name. Oh and check out this prophecy. Matthew 24:12 KJV "And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold." The way you talk it sounds like you have no faith because sin is abundant in the world.
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The difference between Hitler and God is that God can murder and discriminate against everyone he wants, but he will get away with it since he is God. It's convenient to draw a line, isn't it? Who decides where that line is drawn, and what gives that man or woman the right to draw that line? I don't know about you, but when my parents disciplined me, it didn't involve mass murder. Yes, mankind directly violated God's harsh punishment and cruel behavior. Since God is omniscient, he would have known this would happen and since he had the power to stop it, and didn't, there is no logical reason to slaughter nearly the entire human race. God isn't meant to be taken as a joke? Then why has he yet to reveal himself to me? In fact, he has gone to great lengths to avoid me. If he was to be taken seriously, then he would show himself rather than hide like a coward. Why doesn't God stop wars? Because he is malevolent. If he has the ability to stop suffering, and refuses to do it, then that is true evil. If I chose to be evil, then that actually would be on God's hands. According to your logic, he created me, fully knowing what I would do in life and what I would do. Since he has the power to stop it, but hasn't, then that is his fault. In all reality, if Heaven and Hell were real, I would choose Hell. At least Satan punishes the bad and was smart enough to incite rebellion against the cruel dictator known as God.
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Suffering is a result of sin. To get rid of suffering you'd have to get rid of sin. And we are all sinners. So.... That's all I read. Trying to limit data usage.
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You just contradicted yourself. You said there was a man who was suffering due to the inability to walk and hear well. Praying for him would be futile, considering to get rid of his suffering you would have to get rid of sin. I would recommend you keep your arguments aligned.
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Or maybe we can just teach them it was wrong. Maybe if god came to humans and revealed himself, warning everyone, we will all stop sinning. Your god is incompetent if he thinks the only way to stop people from doing something is through violence.
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Well said. If Gandhi, a man with almost no power, was able to free an entire country with NO violence, then I would think that an omnipotent God could discipline his own children without slaughtering them all.
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It seems to me that humans are more moral than any god.