There are so many stories in the Bible that seem disturbing to me. For example, The flood- where God only finds one man/family worthy of saving. Which means, outside of Noah and his family, every man, woman, child, and baby were destroyed. (I'm still wondering how the world was repopulated)
Another example that is disturbing to me is the story of Job. Why did God find it necessary to strike a deal with Satan, allowing Satan to basically torture Job in every fashion? There was one exception Satan could not kill Job. Oh, wait, I remember- the reason behind this was to see if Job would stay faithful and not curse God. But, why? Was this some sort of twisted ego trip for God?
Then, there is the whole, "if you don't believe in Jesus and accept him as your lord and savior, you will perish". Not to mention, those who continually sin and not ask for forgiveness, they too shall be doomed.
The sinners will be tortured for all eternity in hell. What is disturbing to me, is that God is suppose to be an all loving God. The Bible states that God is our "heavenly father". I'm sorry, but if any earthly father would torment his child/children just because they simply didn't follow orders - he would surely be locked in jail for child abuse. Yet, I hear the Christians justifying this by saying, "Well, he's god, he has a right" yadda yadda.
I just find it very odd that others buy this. Am I the only one feels this way? I would also like to hear the thoughts of Christians regarding this topic.
Another example that is disturbing to me is the story of Job. Why did God find it necessary to strike a deal with Satan, allowing Satan to basically torture Job in every fashion? There was one exception Satan could not kill Job. Oh, wait, I remember- the reason behind this was to see if Job would stay faithful and not curse God. But, why? Was this some sort of twisted ego trip for God?
Then, there is the whole, "if you don't believe in Jesus and accept him as your lord and savior, you will perish". Not to mention, those who continually sin and not ask for forgiveness, they too shall be doomed.
The sinners will be tortured for all eternity in hell. What is disturbing to me, is that God is suppose to be an all loving God. The Bible states that God is our "heavenly father". I'm sorry, but if any earthly father would torment his child/children just because they simply didn't follow orders - he would surely be locked in jail for child abuse. Yet, I hear the Christians justifying this by saying, "Well, he's god, he has a right" yadda yadda.
I just find it very odd that others buy this. Am I the only one feels this way? I would also like to hear the thoughts of Christians regarding this topic.