The God of the old testament is not immoral.

Thank you for accepting the discussion. I have attempted to discuss the Mora argument before and none of the people arguing against me have successfully debunked the argument. If you would like to talk the moral argument than feel free to reach out to me. The reason I made this debate is that some of the worlds most influential atheists trying to use an apparent immoral God of the Old Testament to disprove God and Christianity. I am trying to show that God is not immoral. And is thus worthy of praise and worship and that anyone who gives up Christianity because of the apparent immorality is not studying the word carefully enough. Biblical Hermeneutics is very important in Systemic Theology. Everything is up to interpretation and that includes the bible. If we have one reason just one to not interpret the bible literally than let the debate begin. Discussion like this helps us understand scripture and the ever-present word of God. I want to address the flood and Egypt I know that I already addressed the flood and I am wondering whether you actually read my argument cause you seem to not offering a refutation of my argument but let us address your concerns. First, If God exists and my contention is that he does. We can argue about the existence of God in the comments or another date but if God exists and he is active in creation that means we are his property. I know that secular humanists would go haywire about this but it is true. Thus God deciding to punish us for our sins is not inherently wrong but instead right just like a parent disciplines their children God discipline us as he is our parent literally and figuratively. On the flood let me ask you a question? If God killed as the sinful parents who had a century to change their ways the bible does not say that no one was aware of God's wrath. Do you think that children would have been able to take care of themselves? The answer is no and they would have died regardless. The similar situation applies to Egypt. A loving parent considers their child a prized possession even when such child is grown up. I would argue that God knows thus is willing to take away that prized possession in order to exercise judgement over a sinful population. Before I address the murders and the slavery. I want to know what makes you think the bible shows women are less than men? On slavery, I love what Ravi Zacharias says about this. To address issues of this kind, We need to step back and ask three larger questions: What are the theological, Political, And cultural contexts in which the Old Testament narrative unfolds, And how is the behaviour of God"s people in the Old Testament expected to be different from those of other cultures? What are the major developments in the New Testament that give us a clue to the interpretation of Old Testament ethics? And are we expected to further extrapolate changes in behaviour beyond the New Testament times to the present day? To begin with, It should not be forgotten that the Old Testament narratives contain codes which are ethical, Ceremonial, And social. Therefore, Their application to the present day should not always be considered in literal terms. The social elements of those narratives need not apply to us, And the ceremonial ones are largely fulfilled in the completed work of Christ. It is the ethical aspects of Old Testament teaching with which we should be concerned, And there is indeed much to consider. As an example, On the way to Canaan, God tells his people through Moses that the alien, Or foreigner, Among them, Should not be oppressed (Exodus 23:9). The reason given is fascinating: the people of Israel know in their hearts how it feels to be oppressed! "The word translated "alien" is not the same as slave, But the experience of the Israelites in Egypt was certainly that of slaves" Thus, We see the first statement on human rights: the alien was to be treated as a citizen; in fact, He was to be loved as one of their own (Leviticus 19:33-34). Even when Hebrew law and custom shared in the common heritage of the ancient world, There is a unique care in God"s Name for those people who by status were not considered people"something absent from the codes of Babylon and Assyria. The New Testament further gives us a paradigm to interpret Old Testament practices. In one of their notorious fault-finding missions, The Pharisees test Jesus on the subject of divorce (Matthew 19:1-9; Mark 10:2-9). He initially appears to play into their hands, Asking what Mosaic Law has to say on the subject. When they gleefully quote the permission of Moses to divorce one"s wife, Jesus lays down a method of interpretation that has to be taken very seriously. He makes it clear that certain Old Testament commandments were to be understood as concessions to the hardness of the human heart rather than as expressions of God"s holy character. He goes on to reference how this was not the state of affairs in the beginning"that is, Before the fall. The regulation of slavery should, Therefore, Be seen as a practical step to deal with the realities of the day resulting from human fall. The aberrations that lead to alienation among individuals, Races, And nations are the result of a fundamentally broken relationship between humankind and God. Within this tragic scenario, Scripture comes as a breath of fresh air as it seeks to redeem the situation and sets us on a path of ever-increasing amelioration of our predicament. While the Bible does not reject slavery outright, The conclusion that it actually favours slavery is patently wrong. Scripture does reveal that slavery is not ideal, Both in Old Testament laws forbidding the enslavement of fellow Israelites, The law of jubilee, And in New Testament applications of Christ. In fact, The Bible teaches that the feeling of superiority, In general, Is sin (Philippians 2:1-8)! The abolition of slavery is thus not only permissible by biblical standards, But demanded by biblical principles. The pre-fall statement that should guide and ultimately abolish such (and any) practices of superiority is the declaration that all humans"men and women"are made in the image of God. On this principle, The Bible even lays the foundation for progressing far beyond what was possible in New Testament times by addressing the very economic discrimination and favouritism of which slavery is the worst expression (James 2:1-9; 5:1-6). Of course, Lamentably, It must be admitted that the Church has taken many centuries to live out what Scripture taught long ago, And no doubt we continue to drag our feet. The time delay between the Word of Scripture and its implementation in society is often due to the "holy huddle" mentality prevailing among Christians who are largely unconcerned about issues outside of their immediate periphery. Another reason many Christians continue to remain silent in the face of injustice is the platonic view of the cosmos we have adopted, Implying that life in the hereafter is the only issue to be addressed, While we watch the world go by in its destructive way. Both mentalities are sadly misguided. Please list your individual concerns about murdering children and women and I will address them. If you would like to have a debate on whether the ontological argument for God is accurate, Whether Christianity was influenced by other religions besides Judaism or whether the Bible is a historical and reliable document. Then feel free to reach out to me. I won't bother writing a conclusion until my final round in this debate.