(July 30, 2021 at 6:03 am)Klorophyll Wrote: If by good/benevolent you mean: has ultimately good intentions. Then clearly, the Abrahamic God in judeo-christian/islamic scripture is good. He intends to serve ultimate justice+ ever-lasting happiness for those who followed his path, and vice versa.
Yahweh was a tribal war god. He only cared about his followers, and he was brutal to them if they stopped worshiping or obeying. He had no mercy on the other tribes. He also advocated that women are chattel, and that slavery was peachy keen.
Ah, but he had an ultimate purpose, so he's good? Great, any tyrant with an ultimate purpose must then be wonderful.