God does not determine right and wrong

[Chad32]

Nations were punished by god for supposedly killing their children....by killing the children of those nations. How does this make sense? Pretty sure it was more about worshiping other deities, than doing anything else.

Either God is too merciful in our opinion or too harsh. But it's not like we know everything, especially from a brief outline of history, so making serious judgments about God, to the point of blasphemy is not very bright at all.

That seems to only count when someone claims he's bad. Never when people claim he's good, which is an equally serious judgment. I can look at his actions and say he's bad. People who say he's good usually have to reinterpret what's plainly said in the book, or claim it's allegory, or some other excuse.

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Societal reform, so that children don't grow up like their parents, is beyond the wisdom of Yahweh. Just killing the lot of them is easier.

If that society could have been reformed God would not have ended it.
I suggest that you watch some videos on social reform for pedophiles. Pity is right, but it doesn't always reform.

Then he's not all powerful, is he? There are limits to what he's capable of. I know there are limits to what we're capable of, and if he can't do better than that, then he isn't worth worshiping as some higher being.