Do you think if your first exposure to god was reading the old testament that you would love and praise god? [Spirituality & Religion]

Christians are always telling me i need to respect god and devote myself to him...
But if you're going to say god is real and the bible describes his nature to us, how do you get around all the heinous, despicable shit he's apparently done and ordered done?

How do you love and respect someone like that if you're not already starting from a place of faith and excusing such behaviour?

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Rhodesianman · 56-60, M

I used to believe until I actually studied the bible in my early teens and realised what a load of sh1t it is and started asking questions .I am a complete non believer now and can never change .

Speedyman · 70-79, M

I assume you can’t read and have no brain?@Rhodesianman

Tastyfrzz · 61-69, M

@Speedyman you need to tone it down a bit. You are getting a bit too abusive in your comments. Refrain from inflammatory comments. This is an interesting discussion but it needs to remain civil.

Pikachu

@Tastyfrzz

Hear hear!

Pikachu

@Rhodesianman

Actually reading the bible has done a lot to convince me that it's of totally human origin.
It just smacks of humanity and propaganda.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

Amazing how the amount of thoughtless hot air you answer with grows and grows. Tell me? Have you ever thought of anything in your life?

@Pikachu

Rhodesianman · 56-60, M

@Pikachu I agree with you man and religion is for the weak minded .

Rhodesianman · 56-60, M

@Speedyman If you have to be insulting it proves you have nothing to give to this and are the one with no real thought on the subject .So if you cant give something worth listening to please refrain from commenting .

Speedyman · 70-79, M

Sorry mate but it’s you who are weak minded. The problem is we are all fallible human beings but some of us realise it. @Rhodesianman

Speedyman · 70-79, M

@Rhodesianman you say religion is for the weak minded and then you tell somebody else off for being insulting. What a double standard! Shows how little you think. Actually atheism is based on ignorance which my research on this form is shown

Pikachu

@Rhodesianman

I don't think i would say it's for the weak-minded. Although to a large degree i would say that's it's a security blanket.

Humans like answers so we make up answers to questions we find puzzling like our origins.
We also seek to assuage our fear of pain, oblivion and separation...so we get gods and afterlives.

That's honestly all i get out of the bible. Just a human story for humans by humans which attempts to make sense of a confusing world.

I find the books of chronicles and kings to be great examples of this. They just read as the petty wars and ascension and fall of various kings...and then they just assign the success or failure to god.

It really does astound me that anyone sees divinity in this book.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

It really does astound me that you think you have a brain when this book has been read over and debated by great minds for centuries. Can’t you see that in it you say that God is trying to deal with his people and at the end of it he is seeking to bring up a Messiah who will redeem the world. The problem is you are so busy getting lost in the trees you cannot see the wood. You really need to expand that mind of yours@Pikachu