I don't 'claim' that God is good. That God is good, is a Christian assertion. A non Christian can think what the hell they like. I have no objection to that.
I think I should concede over the description thing. Yes, potentially we can't limit God or assume to know anything. In that way God could be good and/ or bad. This isn't the God I experience in my faith-life. The God I experience follows my system of belief, which happens to be Christianity.
The Bible from a Christian perspective is the New Testament overriding the Old, as I'm sure you're aware. The OT is useful in establishing the nature of God, and the progression that leads to this loving God. It also has some incredible truths as well. Discussion about the nasty God would maybe get further with Jews as their faith doesn't cancel any of that out.
I think I should concede over the description thing. Yes, potentially we can't limit God or assume to know anything. In that way God could be good and/ or bad. This isn't the God I experience in my faith-life. The God I experience follows my system of belief, which happens to be Christianity.
The Bible from a Christian perspective is the New Testament overriding the Old, as I'm sure you're aware. The OT is useful in establishing the nature of God, and the progression that leads to this loving God. It also has some incredible truths as well. Discussion about the nasty God would maybe get further with Jews as their faith doesn't cancel any of that out.
