(Pro) The Christian God is malevolent vs benevolent (Con).

Round Four Defense"If one fact checks what they find in Richard Dawkin"s book, you"ll find many things are actually taken out of context. For example, when you said that God "Forced friends and family to kill each other for dancing naked around Aaron's golden calf," while it is true, there is a good reason behind it."Moses felt that he was divinely commissioned to perform this act of severity. The lives of all who had committed the idolatry were justly forfeit. Trial was unnecessary where the offence was being openly committed before the eyes of all. Such dancing and such shouting could not possibly be Jehovah-worship. It was by its very character idolatrous.""Probably these were but few in comparison with the many that were guilty; but these were the men that headed the rebellion, and were therefore picked out to be made examples of, for terror to others."So, he killed them to punish the society and to make an example of them. Children need to be punished when they are young, so that"s what God did: God punished God"s "children". Remember, that if someone is killed, there is an afterlife, so being killed isn"t exactly as bad as it is made out to be. (Of course killing is terrible, but we for this debate, we have to assume there is an afterlife. In this debate, we have to assume God is real because since some people believe God is real and God, whether real or not, has made an impact on our world.)" WholockFirst, Drunk with Blood is written by Steve Wells. [14] Second, killing children is a cruel and unusual punishment. If a toddler does something awful, like deliberately burn down the house, parents would still be in a lot of trouble if they killed their child. The idea of the afterlife devalues human life. The afterlife is a critical component of the suicide terrorist's attacks. If the Islam extremists didn't believe in the afterlife, the terrorists attacks would never have happened. Furthermore, the afterlife has a place called Hell. Since one day is like a thousand years to God and Jesus is God, I think it is safe to say that the people killed for dancing around the idol are burning in eternal damnation. Just as anybody killed by God in the Old Testament is burning in eternal damnation. "2 Peter 3:8 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." [15]So, the fact that there is an afterlife is salt in the wounds for the people who danced around the calf who are now burning in Hell forever and ever. "IV. Incest (Con)First off, I"d like to point out that our morals and morals from back then were very different, so incest wasn"t considered a bad thing. In fact, incest was very common back then, especially as there was no scientific evidence that showed that incest could cause defects. In addition, it isn"t malicious to have siblings have children have children together; in fact, parents married their children to each other all the time back then." WholockMy opponent is arguing that ignorance is bliss, since the people didn't know any better it was moral. The problem is that God is all powerful and the source of all moral authority. God would have to know that it was immoral. Furthermore, if your arguing innocence, how about the infants and young children God killed? Wouldn't they be innocent? Pick one, arguing from innocence or all are guilty. You can't have both."So really, your quotes are in fact about limiting slavery. In fact, one of your quotes states that if a man beats his servants and his servants die, the master will be punished. Yes, I would agree that God would be considered malicious if he condoned slavery, but he clearly doesn"t, and your quotes and mine support that fact." WholockLimiting slavery is allowing slavery. Also, God condones beating of slaves, as long as the slaves live. This last sentence is not a new argument, you just failed to respond to this part of the quote."So, according to this source, because of mistranslation, people assume that people who go to hell will burn there for eternity, but actually, they will burn once, which is much better than the year the Jewish God gives them." WholockThe Bible is very difficult to interpret, and mistranslations make the task even more difficult. I can safely say, I do not know which translation is correct. Your answer poses more questions though. Let's say you are correct, well Eternal Damnation still remains a popular notion. Why, would God allow such a mistranslation to go unnoticed for so long? I can only come up with two answers, either God doesn't exist or God is malevolent. Source.14. https://www.goodreads.com...15. http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org...