God as a Biblical Figure is Evil

First, to understand the killing of the firstborn, a history must be presented. Exodus 1: 8-11 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. 9 And he said to his people, "Behold, the people of Israel are too many and too mighty for us. 10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply, and, if war breaks out, they join our enemies and fight against us and escape from the land." 11 Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with heavy burdens. They built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses." To start off the bat, this Pharaoh purposely set his people to discriminate against the Israelites. The Israelites were God's chosen people. God specifically set them aside and acted as their personal guard and leader. These people were being subjugated as punishment for turning away from God. Now, God sent Moses to tell the king that the time for subjugation is over, and to let the Israelites go. For added punishment, the Pharaoh set about killing EVERY BOY born to the Israelites. Because of Pharaoh"s refusal to release the Hebrews, God sent 10 plagues that kept getting worse and worse. There are important things to note here. First, this was a last resort. All plagues could have been precluded by the simple act of letting their slaves go. No such luck. Second, this did not happen without warning. The people of Egypt did not randomly wake up one morning to find all their children dead. God not only send nine other plagues, he even warned Pharaoh that if he did not let the Hebrews go, this would happen. Also, in this time and place, it was common for an entire family to be punished for one member's mistake. When Pharaoh killed all Hebrew boys, he implicitly agreed that it is morally okay for his peoples' children to die as well. Next, the Bible says that the "Earth was corrupted" meaning that the entire Earth that God had made had turned against him so much so that his people, the righteous, were not safe. To show you how corrupt the Earth was, there was only one family, Noah's, that were righteous. Second, the animal's lives do not matter. They do not have a soul, they are not held to the same standard as humanity during any point in time. If you had to shoot a cat or a baby, no mentally sane one would chose to shoot the baby. As for the means (the flood), I cannot speak as to why God chose that way. What I do know is that Noah all this time was preaching to others that the ark was their only means of salvation, but they would not listen. This is another example of people punishing themselves because they would not obey. About regretting man. This assumes that God will not or could not lament over a state of affairs that he brought about. That is neither true in our experience nor His. Second, this also assumes that God cannot lament something He did and at the same time affirming it as the best solution. If I spank my son and he runs away from home, I may feel remorse for the spanking, not because of what I did, but because I felt it a necessary part of dealing with a situation. Looking back, I would spank him again even if it meant a season of alienation. I approve the spanking, and at the same time regret the spanking. This is running long so I will talk about Numbers 31:17. The Israelites began mingling with this group known for their idol worship and harlotry, and are now being punished for it. In this passage, it reads " Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man." A common theme of Ba'al worship is sexual indulgence. The Midianite virgins were those that were obviously not involved in the immorality of Ba'al worship and were therefore spared. As for the boys, I can only assume this was for warfare. Maybe the boys would unite together when they were older and attack Israel for the deaths of their family. Next I will reference Leviticus 25. "slavery" in that time was different from the recent southern slaves. Many people sold themselves into slavery. If one was in debt, they could sell themselves to the one they are in debt to until they are able to pay it off. Also, many people were bond slaves, which means they pledged to be a slave for live, because their slave life was better than their life as a free man. If you read the verses right before it, you will see that God put safeguards in place to protect the "slaves". In this type of slavery, slavery was used for protection. Also, they were treated as a "hired worker" and not an object. Also, it had a specific time or price. One that stipulation was resolved, the individual was free again. Now, why didn't the owner charge the slave more so that he will be forever indebted to him? Because God said not to! "You must not lend him money at interest or sell him food at a profit." Last, the fact of sin. Sin existed before Adam and Eve and the garden of Eden when Satan rebelled from God. Once Adam sinned, "sin entered the world." The world was corrupted then. All of existence was corrupted. When they sinned, a separation came between man and God that did not previously exist before, as no one or thing prior to this point had rebelled against God. This paved the way first for sacrifice and then Jesus's death. The ethic part of your argument fallaciously equates the circumstances. You are referencing a small sect of humanity instead of an ingrained part of humanity as a whole. It is better to think if you were an all-powerful being and your creation was perfect: not a blemish in sight. Then, they defiled themselves in some way. You forgave them, but they are no longer perfect. These great, loving men have their soul set apart from God. They subconsciously have turned away from Him and rejected Him. They may be good by your standards, but they are not righteous. Righteousness is what absolves you of your sins and grants you everlasting life. All men in heaven are righteous, but not all were good. For your last point, again, incorrect assumption. You assume that God created men prideful. You also equate curious nature with prideful nature, which is not true. God decreed that pride is one of the seven deadly sins. How then could he make humans prideful? He didn't. Pride was a result of sin entering into the world. For the last round, I ask that you specifically name one or two passages in the Bible per point, as you can see it takes quite a while to explain it. Also, it is important that you define the words good, innocent, evil, great, bad, and stuff like that. if not, we will be referencing two different meaning and a fallacy of equivocation will occur.