Was the God of the Old Testament a sociopath w/ a serious anger problem?
that's what one poster here said
there are some weird things in he OT that i don' u/stand. I have read the whole thing.
But i never had a problem understanding why God got angry at the Israelites
no problem understanding why he got angry enough to annihilate them even
He flooded the world 2 get rid of blatant sinners
i also have a hard time with egregious sinners. So yeh... I like this OT God
i sometimes wish he would do the same kind of things in this day and age but... He sent Jesus and now we are to... do such things as Turn the other cheek and etc... VERY hard sometimes... so why does God now ask us to do these hard things, to forgive from the heart and all that baloney... I mean... OOPS.. well, you know what i mean
i just get tired of how all the evil people appear to get away with everything... but "appear" is right.. They will answer for it Someday
of course God does not change. He still hates evil but it looks like he just bides his time--until we die?
For sure....
All the gods from that period of time were fairly genocidal I think..
The interesting part is the supposed flip to a benevolent god who “would never do that....”
OT and NT both have the same god, right?
So the should have the same basic framework, correct??? I mean Jesus did not Mann’s and unmake creation. He just twerked the rules , right???
A) Well the OT Has no heaven or hell.. at least that humans that die go to.. Jews have a purgatory.. but no heaven or hell.. only a couple select humans have ever seen heaven..
The NT has a distinctive heaven and hell with no purgatory.....
B) the OT (jews)= works >faith...
The NT (christians) = faith>works...
In Judaism, especially non-Jews don’t even have to believe in god.. just live by the Noah tide laws..
1) set up courts
2) don’t eat the flesh of a still living animal..
3) don’t attack the Jewish god..
..... I forget the last 4 but VERY reasonable stuff..
In Christianity what you do in life is VERY secondary , how you fell on the inside about Jesus is the primary concern.. there is no worldly crime that cannot be forgiven through submitting enough to Jesus/the church.
(Extreme example.. I know but that is where the biggest contrast is found...)
In Judaism rape and murder a child and your done, no mattter how you feel about it and Jesus later..
In. Christianity all crimes can be forgiven through faith..
C)the OT(jews) do not recruit.. you have to lobby repeatedly and be turned down repeatedly before they finally relent and let you in..
The NT(christians) actively recruit... willing to take any level of interest in the hope it will bloom into more.
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