(March 3, 2014 at 7:36 pm)xpastor Wrote: There are lots more verses like that. Try Numbers 31, or Deuteronomy 25, the bit about chopping off a woman's hand. The Chosen People and their god sound an awful lot like the religious ideas of the Taliban.
I for one came to the conclusion that the deity described in the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, is not benevolent - much less omni-benevolent - nor did it possess the qualities of omniscience or omnipotence before I came to the conclusion that it likely didn't exist either.