Are you ready to meet God?

@Diotrephes False. God may have been those things at one time, but God is now benevolent.

@DavidBianchet2
“The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.”
― Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

When did that change?

@BlueSkyKing When Jesus arrived.

@DavidBianchet2 Jesus and the Old Testament god are one and the same.

“The God of the New Testament is ... magnanimous, generous, encouraging, forgiving, charitable, loving, friendly, good-humoured, supportive of women, of homosexuals, of children, freedom-loving, open-minded, broad-minded, non-violent.”

Go on. Try and find those nice verses. Do your best. You think you’ll succeed? Want a bet?

@BlueSkyKing you seem so angry. I prefer discussing things with calm minds. But, Jesus himself acknowledged that his teachings sometimes differed from the old testament.

"Jesus often challenged strict, literal interpretations of the Old Testament (OT) Law by emphasizing mercy, intent, and grace over ritualistic compliance. Key examples include
ignoring strict Sabbath work prohibitions (John 5:8–9), sparing an adulteress from stoning (John 8:3–11), and modifying the "eye for an eye" law to teach non-retaliation (Matthew 5:38–39).

Sabbath Laws (Deuteronomy 5:14): The OT forbids working on the Sabbath. Jesus healed people on the Sabbath and allowed his disciples to pluck grain, arguing that "the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath".
Adultery and Punishment (Leviticus 20:10): While the Law demanded the death penalty for adulterers, Jesus challenged the accusers to examine their own sins and showed mercy to the woman, stating, "Neither do I condemn you".
Retaliation (Leviticus 24:19–20): The Lex Talionis ("eye for an eye") was used in the OT to limit vengeance. Jesus replaced this with a call to turn the other cheek and love enemies.
Dietary Laws (Leviticus 11): Jesus declared all foods clean (Mark 7:19), effectively overturning the kosher restrictions found in the Torah.
Divorce Laws (Deuteronomy 24:1–4): Jesus restricted the grounds for divorce allowed by Moses, stating that only sexual immorality was a valid cause, rather than broad, casual reasons."

@BlueSkyKing oh, I forgot the most important one - He asked us to love our enemies.

@DavidBianchet2
What superior moral advice did Jesus actually bequeath to us? Here are some examples:

Don’t have sexual urges. (Matthew 5:28)
If you do something wrong with your eye or hand, cut/pluck it off. (Matthew 5:29 spoken in a sexual context)
Marrying a divorced woman is committing adultery. (Matthew 5:32)
Don’t save money. (Matthew 6:19–20)
Don’t plan for the future. (Matthew 6:34)
Don’t become wealthy. (Mark 10:21–25)
Sell everything you have and give it to the poor. (Luke 12:33)
Don’t work to obtain food. (John 6:27)
Make people want to persecute you. (Matthew 5:11)
Let everyone know you are better than the rest. (Matthew 5:13–16)
Take money from those who have no savings and give it to rich investors. (Luke 19:23–26)
If someone steals from you, don’t try to get it back. (Luke 6:30)
If someone hits you, invite them to do it again. “Turn the other cheek” (Matthew 5:39)
If you lose a lawsuit, give more than the judgment. (Matthew 5:40)
If someone forces you to walk a mile, walk two miles. (Matthew 5:41)
If anyone asks you for anything, give it to them without question. (Matthew 5:42)

Is this good advice? How many Christians teach these lessons to their children?

@BlueSkyKing Jesus sponged off of his rich buddies and he never gave a penny to a poor person.