The God of the old testament is not immoral.

Than you for responding. If you would like to debate the Moral argument than feel free to reach out to me. What you said about interpretation only re-affirms my argument. A literally terms explanation is basically another of literally Interpretation. The point I want to make here is that while everything is up to interpretation that interpretation must be able to stand under scrutiny. Okay so if there is a God who creates all human beings as I believe then that means that he unlike our mortal parents God has parental responsibility for all generations of humans. You must remember the theological and political and cultural implications of the old testament and new testament laws which if broken result in spiritual death reflected by physical death as a means for the judiciary of Ancient Israel who used the laws of Moses as their state constitution even in the monarchial stage of government. What solution would you have suggested to God if you could? Finally, Whether Noah's flood was global, Regional or even happened is another debate for another day. I would argue that it was regional. Remeber the cultural and theological implications of the Bible especially when dealing with laws regarding uncleanliness. Men were bound to treat women horribly even if God disappeared. When dealing with statements made by individuals like Paul one must ask ourselves did God tell Paul to write this or did he just write it because he was influenced by culture. On the killing of non-virgins remember the theological implications one of the laws in the Bible is for sex to be done in the union of consensual marriage. It is considered sinful because of how God designed marriage. Check out this great link for more info. Http://christianthinktank. Com/not2obey. Html Well, The Bible was written by Bible either by the direction or inspiration of God. The Bible needed to be written in a way that makes it relevant in all time periods. The Bible is still relevant today as it was in Ancient Israel. God did condemn these things but one must read between the lines to find that because God created all humans that thus no human is better than the other and thus deserves to be treated with courtesy. Remeber if God didn't do it people would have done it regardless. You also seem to ignore laws around how to treat slaves, Children and women. There was a mutual courtesy of humanity between humans that was written into the law and further supported by the coming of Christ for all. Jesus' didn't have to be taken seriously it too is up to interpretation but many including myself have found that literal interpretation of Christ is the most rational of all the methods used to read words of Jesus who had the power to revise old testament laws. Humans have sinned and God will issue wrath those who do not seek forgiveness plain and simple. What? List the religions that influenced Christianity besides Judaism. Destruction of statutes and books by Christians don't mean influence if anything they show the rise of Christianity as the dominant religion of the Roman Empire. No, Not all religions are equally valid. The arguments for God lead to a monotheistic and at the beginning, Deistic God and the case for Christ shows us that Jesus Christ was a real-life figure in Ancient History. My faith is backed by evidence and reason if it wasn't I would be an agnostic today. My answer to your other questions are simple first humans have free will and that includes the ability to harm others. 2nd Christian doctrine teaches we are in a fallen world and that because of it, We will face tribulation, The Christian who knows this shouldn't be surprised when suffering and evil arise. Third. Fourth sin affects all generations just like gene variations. Fifth Hell is a place for those who do not want to be in God's presence as Heaven is God's presence and if you wanted to be with Heaven, Then you would want to be with God and if you wanted to be with God you would believe in God. When you say evidence what do you mean? Your objections seem to be based on moral objections. If you want we can talk about the moral argument, The ontological argument, Arguments for moral realism, The argument for moral intuitions and the probability version of the problem of suffering and evil. God bless.