is god evil

First I must thank con for instigating this debate. I am assuming that the god referred to is the Christian God. I must also declare that I am accepting this challenge purely to do a test of debating skill, and I mean no offence to any religion or religious believer. To start this round of the debate, I will begin by defining the word "evil". "Evil" describes something that is profoundly immoral and malevolent. "Immoral" refers to things that do not conforming to accepted standards of morality, such as killing or theft. "Malevolent" refers to having or showing a wish to do evil to others. So here are my points: 1. God kills people Killing is generally considered as an immoral and unacceptable act, yet God does plenty of killing. In Exodus Chapter 11, The Plague of the Firstborn, it is clearly stated that "At midnight the LORD struck down (killed) all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh, who sat not he throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well." In Genesis Chapter 6, The Flood, it is also made clear that God flooded the world. Genesis 6:17 says "I (God) am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish." In Genesis 19:4-5, God burnt the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah down to the ground. In Genesis 38:9-10, God killed Onan for refusing to impregnate his dead brother's widow. There are many more examples, such as God killing Herod, Nabal, Korah and his followers, etcetera, but i suppose these examples are more than sufficient to prove that God kills. 2. God curses people While cursing is generally simply considered as rude and not evil behaviour, after God curses people he actually follows through the acts. An great example would be Ezekiel Chapter 23, where God states that "I will turn you over tot hem for punishment...they will cut off your noses and ears, and those of you who are left will fall by the sword. They will take away your sons and daughters, and those of you who are left will be consumed by fire. They will also strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewellery." True to his word, Israel was later conquered but he Assyrians and Judah was defeated by the Babylonians. Many Israelites becomes slaves or were killed during the wars, and the nations were robbed of their fine treasures, as was recorded in the book of Daniel. In Daniel chapter 3, Daniel's friends Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were actually thrown into a fiery furnace for refusing to bow before the idol of the Babylonian king. True, they survived, but all of these incidents echo God's words in Ezekiel Chapter 23. 3. Totally inhumane laws The law of Apostasy, as stated in Deuteronomy 13;12-15, says that "If you hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you to dwell there, that certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known, then you shall inquire and make search and ask idiligently. And behold, if it be true and certain that such an abomination has been done among you, you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, devoting it to destruction, all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.", which means that if citizens of a certain city believe in another god, all the citizens and animals of the city will have to be killed. This is mass murder. Converting people to another religion, or being a drunkard, results in death by stoning, a particularly horrifying, terrible and inhumane way of carrying out the death penalty. This is stated in Deuteronomy 13:1-11, Deuteronomy 18:20 and Deuteronomy 21:18-21. Deuteronomy 20:12-14 states "If they refuse to make peace and they engage you in battle, lay siege to that city. When the Lord your God delivers it into your hand, put to the sword all the men in it. As for the women, the children, the livestock and everything else in the city, you may take these as plunder for yourselves. And you may use the plunder the Lord your God gives you from your enemies." This means that if a city fights the Israelites, all the men in the city will be killed and the remaining plundered. Here, women and children re treated as objects. This is blatant allowing of slavery! I look forward to con's arguments and rebuttals.