(October 28, 2009 at 5:58 pm)Craveman Wrote: There is a diffirence between selectively killing animals for food or just killing them for no reason so I don't see the relevance of your question.
You did not answer my question but from your answer I will assume you are not a vegetarian. You seem to be saying here that it is ok to kill animals if there is an acceptable reason to do it. If it is ok for you (personally or by proxy) to kill animals why was it so wrong for God to? Do you know that God did not have an acceptable reason? Do you know what God's reason was? I don't. But just because we do not know the reason doesn't mean there isn't one. The fact is, Craveman, you are looking at all of this, including the death of humans, and you put God on the same level as you and I do not agree with this perspective at all. Do you have a problem with capital punishment? Governments put people to death all the time. Governments act as judge over people without having a full understanding of the motives of people. God certainly knows more of the motives of people than any government. I know you must be thinking now something along the lines of "that might be applicable for adults or humans of a certain age but what about infants". Well you do not need the flood to make that argument. You could argue that the God of the Bible is horrible for ever allowing an innocent life, i.e., and infant, to die. Again, I will say that I certainly do not know why God allows certain things. But it seems pretty clear to me that the God of the Bible knows a lot more than me (and you), He created it all, and whatever God does He has a valid reason for it even if I do not know what it is. (God does not consult me on these things.)
I would like to reiterate here that I think the problem is that you feel it is somehow appropriate for you to judge God's actions. You take a look at something God did or allowed and with your imperfect knowledge of things judge that God was wrong for doing or allowing it like God was a human or your peer. This, Craveman, is you setting yourself up as a god over God. Feel free to do it, but that is not how I look at things.
The Bible tells of a God who is the standard for everything and because we do not have perfect knowledge like God, God put some limits on us as humans (do not murder). It does not tell of a God who is to be judged as a human. So I will now conclude that you have not yet shown any inconsistency in the Bible. You have merely shown that you do not understand the Bible.
