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Why not?
Hundreds of millions of Hindus devoutly worship Kali, as well as other gods and goddesses in their pantheon, none of whom are in the least omnibenevolent and some are quite malicious. Hundreds of millions of Muslims worship Allah, who is not even remotely omnibenevolent. Omnibenevolence is not even on the radar of qualities that these folks look for in determining whether or not their god(s) are worthy for them to consider worshiping.Mind reading is a new talent for you? Clearly you're not good at it. This non-benevolent god is imaginary, it's a jerk in fact. No one in their right mind would voluntarily worship the jerk-god conceived in your posts.
God, on the other hand, is Love. He told Moses - "And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin: and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation."
Exodus 34:5-7
Perhaps such is not the God that you've been writing about?
So the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the welfare of this people. When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence.”
— Jeremiah 14:11-12
God commanded Jeremiah to not pray for the people. That violates what I’ve seen some argue as God being all-loving.
Hundreds of millions of Hindus devoutly worship Kali, as well as other gods and goddesses in their pantheon, none of whom are in the least omnibenevolent and some are quite malicious. Hundreds of millions of Muslims worship Allah, who is not even remotely omnibenevolent.
But thou hast mercy upon all, because thou canst do all things, and overlookest the sins of men for the sake of repentance. For thou lovest all things that are, and hatest none of the things which thou hast made: for thou didst not appoint, or make any thing hating it. And how could any thing endure, if thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if not called by thee? But thou sparest all: because they are thine, O Lord, who lovest souls.I think I disagree. I think that God is all loving (because He created all!)
But thou hast mercy upon all, because thou canst do all things, and overlookest the sins of men for the sake of repentance. For thou lovest all things that are, and hatest none of the things which thou hast made: for thou didst not appoint, or make any thing hating it. And how could any thing endure, if thou wouldst not? or be preserved, if not called by thee? But thou sparest all: because they are thine, O Lord, who lovest souls.
Wisdom 11:24-27
I never said God was non-benevolent. He’s just not Omni-benevolent which is proven by the verse you quoted.Mind reading is a new talent for you? Clearly you're not good at it. This non-benevolent god is imaginary, it's a jerk in fact. No one in their right mind would voluntarily worship the jerk-god conceived in your posts.
God, on the other hand, is Love. He told Moses - "And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, the LORD, a God full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth; keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin: and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation."
Exodus 34:5-7
Perhaps such is not the God that you've been writing about?
Why not?It's not in accordance with the dignity of a being worthy of supreme worship, to not be maximally magnanimous.
Seriously? Demons aren’t evil?First off, Kali is not an "evil" god,
Seriously? Demons aren’t evil?
Why not?
Kali is a demon, though.Kali isn't a demon in the Hindu religion. Hinduism has demons and demon-like creatures, they are called asuras or yakshas, but Kali isn't one of them.
Is it good to punish evil?It's self-evidently true that goodness is good, isn't it, , and a supreme perfection would have all goodness, and a supreme goodness would have all perfection?
Is it good to punish evil?
Kali is a demon, though.
If it’s not good to punish evil, then it was evil for Christ to bear the punishment for sin.It could be, I suppose, in a limited way. I interpret Jesus preaching about the Last Things as mostly being about the messianic vision of a world rid of evil. I don't see it primarily being about "heaven/hell" in some medieval sense.
Actually, we do. All other “gods” aren’t gods. Stop pretending as if they are.We really don't have that kind of knowledge as Christians, so I think it's better to not make assumptions about other peoples religions.
If it’s not good to punish evil, then it was evil for Christ to bear the punishment for sin.
Actually, we do. All other “gods” aren’t gods. Stop pretending as if they are.
Yeah. I suppose you can ignore all the verses that say otherwise.That's only one interpretation of the meaning of Christ's death, one that is more dependent on ones culture to make sense of it, as Eastern Christians don't typically think about Jesus death in that manner. I personally relate to Jesus as somebody that overcame sin and death, not that his death was necessary to please an angry god.
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