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

Rebuttal round three.Opponent's arguments in bold and italics. "â€œThe wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the lion and the fattened calf together; and a little child shall lead them. The cow and the bear shall graze; their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. The nursing child shall play over the hole of the cobra, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.â€" (Isaiah 11:6-9)" ScruggsI find this passage disturbing. This goes against animal's instincts and Darwin's theory of evolution. Predators have strong instincts to chase prey and prey potent instincts to evade predators. "2) He is loving.â€œBeloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.â€" (1 John 4:7, 8)Would a malevolent God love His people and His creation? Would malevolent God be labeled as â€œloveâ€"? Perhaps the most famous verse in the Bible can be found in John 3:16, where we read: â€œFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.â€" Does this sound like something a malevolent God would do? Though I believe that John 3:16 is not nearly as powerful as the Carmen Christi:" ScruggsBeing canonized as loving doesn't make a person loving. This is classic malevolent tactics. Declare yourself as good, and other traits associated with good, like loving. Declare your enemies as evil, thus dehumanizing them. Now the evil force has created tribalism with the evil force being labeled as good, and the innocent labeled as evil. Furthermore, take the most evil nations in history, and you will find at least some redeeming traits. A psychotic killer that donates to charity is still a killer. "How absolutely powerful. I actually prefer The Living Bibleâ€™s reading where it says â€œeven the death of a criminal.â€" God the Son humbled Himself and became a servant and adopted the lowly form of man in order to die for Godâ€™s elect on the cross. Is this something a malevolent God would do? Of course not!" ScruggsSacrificing a God to another God is immoral. Human sacrifice is immoral. Scapegoating is immoral. Primitive tribes have scapegoated goats. [9]"It is because God loves us that he gives us the gift of grace to be saved. Grace that we are totally undeserving of." ScruggsGrace that we are undeserving of? This sounds like belittlement of humans to me. Make humans feel inferior so they are grateful for any little scrap."So while God is benevolent, as is clearly indicated by my threefold evidence, there is a malevolent character who causes disruption in our lives. We can read about it in 1 Peter 5:8-10:â€œBe sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.â€" " ScruggsSatan is more benevolent than God. If I have to choose between the two, I would choose to follow Satan. This is because God killed millions where Satan only killed ten or so humans. Note, Jesus will kill billions at the battle of Armageddon. Sources9. http://www.academia.edu...10. http://rationalwiki.org...11. http://rationalwiki.org...