Satan is More Benign than the Christian God

I look forward to your rebuttals. Here is my Second Point. War, The Death Penalty, and Doctors In war a nation takes up arms against another nation or nations and begins to shoot, bomb, burn, execute, murder, kill, stab, cut, pierce, torture, rape and pillage for some "noble" idea or purpose. The casualty count in WWI alone was a staggering 37 million:16 million deaths and 21 million wounded. The total number of deaths includes 9.7 million military personnel and about 6.8 million civilians. The Entente Powers (also known as the Allies) lost 5.7 million soldiers and the Central Powers about 4 million. (Ref: . http://en.wikipedia.org...) World War II casualty statistics vary greatly. Estimates of total dead range from 50 million to over 70 million. The sources cited document an estimated death toll in World War II of roughly 73 million, making it the deadliest war ever. Civilians killed totaled around 47 million, including 20 million from war-related disease and famine. Total military dead: about 25 million, including deaths in captivity of about 4 million prisoners of war. Axis dead: approximately 11 million; Allied dead: about 61 million. (. http://en.wikipedia.org...) In total, taking only these two wars into account – notwithstanding there were many other wars and countless casualties – stands at a looming 87 million on the conservative estimate and a whopping 110 million on the opposite end. That is roughly 43 times larger than the death count attributed to God and 55 times larger when taking the higher projected number. Even if we were to factor in the largest number of 33 million, we still end up with 22 million more deaths on the conservative estimate attributed to mankind (specifically the United States of America). The United States was involved in both wars. As your profile states you are a citizen of the U. S. residing in Las Vegas, Nevada. For the sake of brevity, let's just say everyone in the U. S. is dead besides you and in a court of law we have attributed all actions to you as the United States sole citizen. Therefore, you're making a case against God with 110,000,010 at your total versus 2 to 33 million roughly? Consequently, if you justify America and her wars, then you cannot in the same breath condemn God. Secondly, the Death Penalty. The death penalty is a sentence given criminals who have been found guilty of the most horrific of crimes (particularly murder or mass murder). It is either designed to be a deterrent to would-be murderers or simply the punishment of convicted murderers or both. If we consider the death penalty as a deterrent, then we justify the death of others to prevent more deaths. Also, if we consider the death penalty as punishment, then we likewise agree that death is a justifiable sentence for the convicted criminal. Therefore, if you are opposed to the death penalty carried out by judges in the U. S. , then you stand justified. However, if you are in agreement with the death penalty in the U. S. , then you by default cannot condemn God as a judge. Lastly, doctors and modern medicine. There was a recent case where a 77 year-old-man was temporarily put to death by his surgeons. The man was clinically dead. There were no heart, lung or brain functions. This elaborate and complex surgery was all done to save the man's life who was dying from cancer. (. http://www.medindia.net...) In this instance death is justified because the life was not going to be lost, but rather saved. Is it any less of a death because the man was only clinically dead for less than an hour? How long is time to God? Since we are taking into account all the actions of God found in the Bible we must also accept his actions in Revelation and in other passages that speak about the resurrection of the dead. In Revelation 7:9, it reads, "After this I looked and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and in front of the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. " (. http://www.biblegateway.com...;) "Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. " (John 11:24 . http://www.biblegateway.com...) "and I have the same hope in God as these men, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. " (Acts 24:15 . http://www.biblegateway.com...) So as we see God indeed brings all those who died and all those who were put to death back to life. The only instance we see of someone getting sentenced to the Lake of Fire (which is the final death) is Satan and the Beast. No one else is recorded in the Bible to have that sentence executed on them. To assume would only be mere speculation. If God causes the death to save the life, is he no more guilty than the surgeons? If sin is the cancer and death is its cure, then we either have to attribute an act of murder to the surgeons or an act of goodness to God. Therefore, unless you disagree with this method of saving a patient's life, then you must also agree with the method in which God ultimately brings about salvation since everyone who has ever died he has brought back to life. This ends my second point.