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To be clear, there's a lot more to God in the Old Testament than anger, even in those instances. There's grief, especially in the flood, and in the case of Adam
by yumaikas 9y ago
To be clear, there's a lot more to God in the Old Testament than anger, even in those instances. There's grief, especially in the flood, and in the case of Adam and Eve, God provided for their nakedness with better clothes then they had made.
To say nothing of the promise and provision provided to nations throughout the Old Testament, the grace given to non-Israelites by keeping them from accidentally violating the marriages of Abram and Issac when both men lied about their wives out of fear.
Remembering only the anger of God in the Old Testament is a common, but incomplete reading. There is also grace there.
- Permit 9y ago>Remembering only the anger of God in the Old Testament is a common, but incomplete reading. There is also grace there. If someone murders another person, we don't immediately start to list out their virtues (He donated to the poor, he was a good father etc.) It is not enough for God to have done "good things", he must also have not done "bad things". The bar for an omnipotent, all-powerful God should be higher than it is for a fallible human being, but you appear to have lowered it.
- yumaikas 9y agoI don't believe God's anger and wrath in the Old or New testaments to have been unrighteous or wrong. There's a lot more discussion there than I have time for right now, however. Perhaps we can resume this discussion at a later date elsewhere.
- albemuth 9y ago> If someone murders another person, we don't immediately start to list out their virtues. Tell that to the media.