christian school project

[Mister Agenda]

Hi Lighthouse. You should introduce yourself in the introduction section of the forum.

As for the question, I have no reason to believe that the god described in the bible is a god of love, if he even exists. He seems pretty terrible to me. Have you read the rest of the bible besides the parts you've mentioned here?

Hi. I have read the rest and I find a lot of it to be mis understood and misread by non believers.

First, thanks for engaging beyond the first post. A lot of people like to drop their offering and take off.

And congratulations on reading the rest. It's very surprising how many believers claim their soul depends on understanding the Bible and have never read it all the way through.

I read it all the way through, twice, as a serious believer. It didn't make me an atheist, but the experience convinced me that the Bible was not an account ultimately authored by a being with the qualities of omniscience, omnibenevolence, and omnipotence.

But I'm the humble sort, not inclined to think someone who doesn't reach the same conclusions I do about it has misunderstood or misread it prior to hearing their thoughts on the subject. My experience though is that those who strongly believe in the Bible take it's truth as their premise and make up little stories to explain any discrepancies; 'reasoning' that since it's true, there must be a reasonable explanation for discrepancies and difficulties, so any reasonable-sounding explanation, no matter lacking in evidence, is acceptable. I look forward to finding out that you're an exception and have evidence-based backing for your interpretation being correct when it seems that God is requiring evil of his people or a contradiction pops up.