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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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

Well it was created for a stone-age society, they played a bit rougher back in the day.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

Unlike us who just kill people en mass with missiles@QuixoticSoul

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@Speedyman Fair point actually. We have carved out little oasises for ourselves where things like that are unthinkable - but when civilized behavior breaks down, we are far more efficient in violence.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

We have grown in our knowledge but not in our morality@QuixoticSoul

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@Speedyman Oh, we've grown in our morality too. For one, we no longer celebrate or promote genocide and killing of non-combatants - we try to hide and minimize it out of shame.

Further ahead in the whole "knowledge of good and evil" thing.

Pikachu

@QuixoticSoul

lol solid counter-example.
Nice.