Mark,
<<With all due respect, there are many instances of god personally using violence in the Bible. Not one or two, but many. It is present in the old and new testament.>>
I'm quite aware of this. This is why I do not believe that the bible is in all cases accurate. If the bible tells me that God is vindictive, arbitrary, and violent, which I do not believe to be so, I would prefer not to believe in the book. I think that there are a number of instances in the bible, and innumerable ones outside of it, where God's name is invoked to justify wholly ungodly actions.
I don't believe in the conventional version of hell, either.
I do not believe that God uses or approves violence. I may be wrong, but that is my belief, and I stick to it.
Steve |
