I see many miracles in many religions. I think all religions are valid.
All religions cannot be all valid. They all make particular claims that are mutually exclusive of other claims. For example, Christianity makes a specific claim that Jesus is the only way to God. Now either that is true or it isn't. If Christianity is valid, then that statement is true which means that all other religious claims that say otherwise are false. Or if Christianity's claim is false, then Christianity isn't valid. All religions are not equally valid simply because of the nature of the claims they all make.
Of course. That's what Christianity expects you to say which is exactly why you should turn to Jesus.
That is, I do good deeds because I want to and I love to, not because I want to please any particular god.
This assumes that you as god have defined what good is. If you are your own god, then all of this "good" you want to do is really meaningless. But you seem to know that doing good is not really meaningless and this is simply because the God who created everything designed you in such a fashion that you reflect His image. And I agree that doing good is not meaningless and everyone inherently knows what good is and knows they should be good. The simple reason for this is that God designed us like this; He made us to be like Him in this fashion. Of course, if you are your own god, your own authority, then your definition of "good" is as arbitrary as your set desire for doing what you define as "good".
This is a perfect example that you indeed know that there is a Creator God, but you willingly refuse to give Him credit or even acknowledge Him and so you suppress the truth. But this isn't suprising to a Christian since we have already been told that this is exactly what people do.
As of now, I still believes that God, the christian God is bad.
Based on what? Your own definition of good? Have you become the final authority on what is good and what is not?
1) Ordering the killing of non-jews, including women and children, in the Old Testament.
This one is a difficult one for everyone to get their heads around. First, God actually orders the killing of all of humanity back in Genesis. All of the offspring of the first man are sentenced to die. I would argue that the giver of life and Creator of the Universe has the appropriate authority to make this sort of call. So saying that He orders the taking of life in Deuteronomy and Joshua is really just saying that He is carrying out a sentence He has already pronounced. Secondly, I would also point out that none of the people that God orders killed are said to be innocent (Gen 15:16). For example, at least one of the things those people were guilty for is told:
Deut
18:9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations.
18:10 There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire
Here in Deuteronomy 18:10 the Israelites are told not to practice child sacrifice like the nations around them do.
Leviticus
18:21 You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord!
Here, "giving" a child to Molech is again talking about child sacrifice. Israel was not to sacrifice to Molech as the nations around them did. Appearantly one of the sins that God detested about the nations in that time were that they were offering their children up as human sacrifices to idols. This was probably one of the reasons He decided to render judgment on them.
Thridly, I would say that nobody is actually innocent and that all people are born into sin. The Good God is also the Just God, and surely you would agree that justice is a good thing, even you seem to want to make sure fairness takes place. So God, being perfectly fair, will judge the guilty.
2) Sending anyone who does not believe in him, including even good people, to hell.
This wrongly assumes that there would be good people in hell. This is not the actual case though. Only the guilty are in hell.
3) Allowing Satan to afflict Job, who is so loyal to him, just to test Job's loyalty towards him.
What's wrong with testing someones loyalty?
4) Wanting people to worship him.
You just admitted that you were your own god and so you worship yourself. Then you further go on to impose your own defintion of good onto people, as well as other important items like your own language, principles and concepts, and then you act as if the things you, as god, define are universal in application. This is nothing short of trying to get other people to acknowledge your authority and give honor to you. What makes what you do OK and what God does not OK? Why do you hold such a double standard?
Worship is another way of talking about giving honor. God as the Creator and Sustainer of everything actually merits the appropriate honor and credit. All He ever really asked for was our loyalty to Him and surely He deserves nothing less than honor and loyalty, maybe even just a "thank you". But instead of giving what He merits, people choose to grant themselves the honor due to God, or grant honor to their own gods. This is actually something along the lines of an attempted coup d'etat. Everyone attempts to dethrone God and enthrone themselves, or even to be silly enough to enthrone themselves long enough to pick an authority of their own choosing and enthrone that thing. The ultimate offense against God is that of an honor offense, an attempt to usurp His authority, an attempt to shame Him.
Justice demands an equitable response to what we give out. If you do good, you merit good being done in return. If you do bad, you merit bad being done in return. In our ultimate offense against God we can expect justice to be done, that is, what we dish out we can expect will be returned in equal measure. That's simply what we merit, that's justice. The concept here is rather simple itself. If you dishonor God, you can expect dishonor in return. Instead of honoring God, you dishonor Him and honor yourself. Of course, in the eyes of the Almighty Creator this is nothing short of you willingly shaming yourself and the more you shame youself the farther away you naturally want to move from God. God has the most honor/glory and someone who is shamed naturally wants to move away from those with honor. The judgment rendered by God then is to just give you what you want. The shame that you have attempted to dish out to God is returned to you in equal measure, but incredibly it's
exactly what you want!
The honor God grants us is being truly human when we are born again into eternal life, new humanity and new creation in Jesus the Messiah. To be truly human is to have life and bear the image, to reflect the image, of the Creator. The shame you willingly bring on yourself actually places you outside of what it means to be truly human. One day God will simply agree with your decision and say, "Thy will be done" and let you cease to be human. Taking your honor in this manner means taking away the honor normally given by God to humans - life, image bearing, etc.. In your willingly bringing shame on yourself you willingly run from the honor granted to humans - life, bearing God's image, etc..
Hell then is simply a life forever on the run. If you want to move outside of what it means to be human, then God will grant your wish. If you want to become your own god and your own authority, God will grant your wish. But since God is omnipresent you will discover that you will keep running in order to escape Him. What is needed is to then give up the honor and glory you ascribe to yourself and give it to God. In doing so you receive the honor that a human really deserves, that is, to be in the image of God and have life. The problem still remains on how to deal with your offense which is taken care of by faith in Jesus since He served as the substitute for the punishment you deserved.
The Creator has acted out of grace to save those who have faith in Jesus. There is no reason for you not to be included.
As of now, I think more on how good and bad is defined by man, rather than by god.
Exactly my point. Your definition of good is rather arbitrary.
I am very inspired by a real life good friend of mine.
You mean "good" friend since your definition of "good" doesn't apply to anyone else if you are your own god.
She believes that the abilities of goodness is in everyone in this world, even evil people.
You still talk about "goodness" as if this is some universal idea. But if everyone is their own god, then everyone creates his own definition of good and goodness. What you say is good is really meaningless and what your friend says is good is just as meaningless as well if we are indeed our own gods. Same with evil - who gives you the right to define what is and isn't evil?
She thinks that by being good, we are gods and goddesses.
So why does she as her own god get to define what is good? Is something good because the gods demand it or is something demanded because it is good. But if you want to ascribe this concept of "good" to some universal and unchanging concept you will have a serious problem in your model of reality. Who defines what is good? I as a Christian say God's very nature defines what is good and since we are made to reflect His nature we know what is good and are to do what is good. But if everyone is their own god, then this universal and unchanging "good" is just arbitrary.
Her philosophy is to make this world a happier place now that she is born than a sadder place.
Same with the definitions of happy and sad. If everyone is their own god, why does your friend want to make the world conform to her definition of happiness? What if nobody wants to be happy by her standards? Why is her definition of happy and good any better than that of Stalin? As a Christian I have a good answer, but if everyone is their own god then Stalin's definition is as "good" as anyone else's.
See, you really know God and know you should give Him what is due - proper honor and glory. But you willingly suppress the conclusion you should logically arrive at.
I don't think God is drawing me near to him, as I do not feel any nearer to God.
This isn't about feeling, this is about reality.
I ask him, in time when I do talk to God, to judge people on the merits of what they do,
That's
EXACTLY what He does.
and to allow good people who don't believe in him to have a good afterlife.
God is the standard of Good. If you want a good afterlife, you must be in His presence. To run away from God's presence is to run away from the very good you want. That's quite horrifying. You give lip service to wanting good but you won't do what it takes to arrive there.
I think they deserve a reward for their efforts to make the world a better place.
They are rewarded exactly based on what they merit.
I don't think it is fair of God to send such good people to hell.
There are no good people in hell.
If I do good deeds and he still sends me to hell, then he can't be really just.
You don't go to hell for doing good deeds. People go to hell because it's what they want.
I am not going to bow down to him and worship him just because he says in the bible he is good.
Then you refuse to bow to the very standard of good. You willingly run away from what is good.
He had to prove to me by his deeds, and not words alone, that he is good.
That's exactly what He has done in Jesus. What more do people need?
And my defination of goodness is, he will put an end to suffering, immediately.
This is again your attempt to be god. He does not bow to your demands. Indeed He does plan on ending suffering even if your timetable doesn't match His.
I will not call a God who sends people to hell for not believining in him good. A good God will not send anyone to hell.
Look at what you just said. If God is the standard of good, then being cast or running away from the presence of God is running away from what is truly Good. There are no good people in hell.
If I were God, I simply put people who do evil deeds into a kind of prison so that they do not continue to harm others.
You are not god and since you are not god you are not the judge of the Real God.
I will let people who do not worship me into heaven based on their good deeds.
In that very statement you ascribe yourself the honor due to God. By letting people into heaven based on
your standards, the only people in your heaven
ARE the people who adhere to your standards and in so doing they worship you and grant you honor! In this very statement you are doing what you don't want to do! The very person cast out of your heaven is the True God of the Universe. He would be allowed into your heaven if He only bowed to your authority and your standard, but since He doesn't He is cast out. This is most interesting since you willingly cast somone out of your heaven and into your hell for eternity, that someone being the one most of us refer to as Jehovah. You have simply reversed roles with Jehovah. Here you have cast someone out of your presence for not bowing to your authority and giving you honor. Isn't this what you were just complaining about though? Isn't this what I was saying previously? Perhaps Jehovah just does the same thing you do? But if He is the actual source of life, the source of human dignity, the source of our honor & status as humans, the sustainer of rationality, the standard of good...and you willingly cast Him out..
I will not give up EVER on those people who do evil even in my prison. I will try to reform them, hoping they will come to their senses.
And if they don't? Again, you are trying to get people to grant you authority. This is nothing short of demanding worship/honor.
A good God eventually is able to convince everyone to stop being evil and follows the path of goodness.
Why should that be the case?
The best thing for you to do is to repent and declare faith in the Christ. It's really the only way to be saved.
Hi Sgal...good to see you again.
I'm trying to understand your view as opposed to my view. Would you please give me the scripture that says God tortures people in hell? It's my opinion hell is greatly misunderstood. If this verse exists I'd like to add it to my compilation. Thank you. 
