(March 28, 2016 at 6:31 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: And this is why there are ~400,000 denominations (no joke) of Christianity today. There's no consensus about important things, like the value of faith vs. good works, how forgiving god is in general, etc. But, it's also why, despite the number of denominations in existence, everyone thinks their vision of god is the correct one. Their god is really themselves.
There is more like 30-40k....
To the OP, one atheist criticism I hear is the fact that christians don't or can't say, "I don't know." So what if that was the answer? I don't know why god made the decision to wipe out tribes and nations but I trust that there was a valid reason? This isn't emotionally sufficient to the asker of the question but I think it could be valid. I never knew why god had to kill so many people but I do know though he had a purpose that he was working towards. So I guess this would just lead to the question, why do you trust god to that point? Just my thoughts
