I really enjoy reading the bible but i just can't get over the cruelty of it. [Spirituality & Religion]
Every time i read something like "And then they burned him and his family alive" or "and they killed every man, woman and child" it just bums me out. How can this be the will of a loving god? That's a hard pill to swallow.
Thoughts?
[c=#BF0000]Edit*[/c][b][i][c=#BF0000]Can you imagine killing even a single little girl? That sweet, round little face looking up at you in terror as you cut her open? Much less THOUSANDS?! And that is what a just, loving, RIGHTEOUS god orders? I can't see that.[/c][/i][/b]
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And what about the good things it says, like:
1 John 4:21, “He has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister."
What about the lessons that Jesus Christ taught? Love, charity, forgiveness?
In your own life, RIGHT NOW, someone tells you to love your neighbour and also tells you to slaughter your enemies down to the last child, do you call that person good?
