"For the lord thy god is a jealous god among you."

[Drich]

[FatAndFaithless]

Ah yes, the ole Drich "Because some people do bad things and get away with it, none of us can call anything in the Bible immoral." Talk about moral relativism.

[Minimalist]

why not just create serving humanoids with no sentience?

They are called religitards.  See Dripshit's comment above for an example.

[Minimalist]

The account in 2 Kings in of itself is indeed evidence.

"Amateurs study tactics.
Professionals study logistics.
Assholes study the fucking bible."

[Drich]

Ah yes, the ole Drich "Because some people do bad things and get away with it, none of us can call anything in the Bible immoral."  Talk about moral relativism.

No, it's WE get away with and justify doing "bad things" by running our actions through a spin doctor and relabel our actions, (or we just don't talk about them) and we give ourselves a pass, but harshly judge those who don't dress their actions in the proper way, yet are no more guilty than 'we' are.

Ie Hypocrites!

Unless you can directly address the reason it is ok for the US to kill/Target Hundreds of of women and children and it is not ok for God to do the same.

How is that not 'moral relativism?'

Are you ready to judge yourselves with the same standard in which you judge God?

[Drich]

The account in 2 Kings in of itself is indeed evidence.

"Amateurs study tactics.
Professionals study logistics.
Assholes study the fucking bible."

Logistics such as???

[Minimalist]

Too complicated for the likes of you.

Think of how you supply water to a 185,000 man army in a semi-arid region which could support at most a population of 10,000?

Then remember that armies have to eat, too.

[FatAndFaithless]

Ah yes, the ole Drich "Because some people do bad things and get away with it, none of us can call anything in the Bible immoral."  Talk about moral relativism.

Unless you can directly address the reason it is ok for the US to kill/Target Hundreds of of women and children and it is not ok for God to do the same.

It's not okay.

[Lek]

I'll say it for the zillionth time.  There is no need to justify God, apologize or make excuses for him.  The punishment for sin is death and it's inherent in the human race.  If you can't accept that then you can't accept the christian God.  I'd rather die by the sword than by countless many ways that people die.  I must live my life in an imperfect world and then die, and God could alleviate that, but he doesn't because I suffer the consequences of sin.  When this life is over we'll have  much better life thanks to Jesus.  A christian must accept that God has the right to punish us and that he is just in doing so.  Thankfully, no one is forced to accept that, but it is an essential doctrine of christianity.

[zebo-the-fat]

I'll say it for the zillionth time.  There is no need to justify God, apologize or make excuses for him.  The punishment for sin is death and it's inherent in the human race.  If you can't accept that then you can't accept the christian God.  I'd rather die by the sword than by countless many ways that people die.  I must live my life in an imperfect world and then die, and God could alleviate that, but he doesn't because I suffer the consequences of sin.  When this life is over we'll have  much better life thanks to Jesus.  A christian must accept that God has the right to punish us and that he is just in doing so.  Thankfully, no one is forced to accept that, but it is an essential doctrine of christianity.

No need to justify god, but you do have a need to provide some evidence that he is not a figment of your imagination. Why should I accept your god and not zeus or allah or neptune or any of the thousands of other gods men have invented?