(January 25, 2016 at 9:07 am)athrock Wrote:(January 25, 2016 at 8:14 am)Irrational Wrote: Don't be so butthurt. If people believe that the character of God as depicted in the Old Testament is that of a monster or a deranged psychotic narcissistic being, then that is because the character behaves exactly like one.
It seems to you a good atheist is one who nods in agreement with all the things you want them to agree with.
No, people judge one another erroneously all the time. We hear things like, "I thought John was a jerk at first, but he's really a nice guy when you get to know him."
If we do that with people we know in person, imagine how much easier it is for people to misjudge a God whom they don't know through the pages of a book they do not understand.
Yeah, but then again, John probably never went around slaughtering people.
There are people whom you may not be sure about whether they're jerks or not ... and then there are those who clearly are.
