Is the universe God?

[Sword of Christ]

Of course at this point I'd have to point out that any supposedly supreme being who thought that the best recourse for his own mistakes was the drown the entire world with a magical flood, has absolutely no fucking moral ground to judge anyone; ever.

In the fleshed story the human race had been degenerated by interbreeding with fallen angels at that point and the creation as a whole was in a state of general decay the only way to purge them was to wipe the slate clean and start a fresh. It's largely a myth that was based on the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh which may have been based on a real event. There's an interesting book on the subject that has recently been published.



But it's probably best to see it as a parable for inner spiritual struggle against sin and reconciliation with God and that kind of thing.

Also, why didn't accepting salvation stop the numerous wars and genocides precipitated by Christians?

You can put that down to the flawed nature of humanity and sin but these wars will have been largely political in nature even the Crusades. Christianity began life as a persecuted minority of pacifists who revered an executed humble Galilean carpenter as the living embodiment of God not with a great leader of vast armies.

If you're saved, and that removes your desire to sin, what's with all the killing?

If you mean Christians such as Anders Breivik they aren't really interested in what Jesus said or did they just have an extension of their own ego and attach the God label to it.