The Judeo Christian God Enslaves, Slaughters and Treats Unfairly

1.) Hell God has done everything He possibly can to keep you out of Hell and still leave you as a person with free will and not just a robot. That's the way He made us--after His image, after His likeness, the power to say "yes" or the power to say "no" the power to reject our own Creator, and of course to take the consequences. (John 15:13) Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends. This man you mention Gandhi. If he was a godly man and believed in God then obviously he would go to heaven. Let's say he raped hundreds of women and did this sacrifice. It is not up to us to decide if he goes to heaven or not, it's up to God. Same goes for pushing someone out of the way of the bus. (Mark 7:14-23) When He had called all multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear Me, everyone, and understand: There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!" When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the the parable. So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated, thus purifying all foods?" And he said, "What comes out of a man that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man." (So basically Jesus declared all foods clean.) You might be thinking. The Bible says in Leviticus 19:28, "Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord." How much clearer can that be? It's important, however, to look at the verse in context. This passage in Leviticus, including the surrounding text, is specifically dealing with the pagan religious rituals of the people living around the Israelites. God"s desire is to set his people apart from other cultures. The focus here is prohibiting worldly, heathen worship and witchcraft. God forbids his holy people to engage in idolatrous, pagan worship and sorcery which imitates the heathens. He does this out of protection, because he knows this will lead them away from the one true God. Fabric blend? In addition to His eternal spiritual commandments, God gave Israel various statutes and judgments as part of its civil code or national law. Most aren't binding laws for Christians today, but Christians should consider and learn from the principles contained in all of them. Is there any principle in these laws or in their intended purpose that can guide Christians in everyday life? In its introductory notes on Leviticus, Expositor's Bible Dictionary points out: "The weaving of two kinds of material (wool and linen in Deuteronomy:22:11) may be a rule that would prevent loss by unequal shrinkage." There is no apparent application today for two reasons: 1.) Most Christians do not make their own fabric or clothing today, and 2.) clothing manufacturers do not mix these materials. However, the broader principle of the several statutes that forbid "mixing" in various ways is that God wanted His people to pursue purity and quality. Similarly, Christians are to pursue pure and godly character. The Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary offers the following explanation for Leviticus:19:19: (1 Peter 3:3) "Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel"" (1 Timothy 2:9) "In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array"" What exactly are Peter and Paul teaching in these verses? They are simply teaching that Christians should be more concerned with beautifying the inward man than beautifying the outward man. They are teaching that as Christians, we should not be overly concerned with outward beauty. Jewelry, like every other good thing from God, can and has been abused by carnal man. It is important not to take one or two passages in isolation and make a doctrine out of them without first considering the entire weight of scriptural teachings. Doing so will inevitably lead to errant teachings and inaccurate assumptions about God"s word. These verses that deal with outward modesty are certainly no exception. A careful and honest evaluation of all relevant scriptures reveals that Paul is not forbidding the use of jewelry; he is merely instructing us to use it in moderation and to place the greater emphasis on inward adorning. 2.) Jesus' Death From the beginning, Satan wanted to ruin mankind, the highest and best of God"s creation. So he entered a serpent and tempted Eve to disobey God. Then she convinced her husband to join her. At that moment, Adam and all his children through the ages became slaves to sin and were condemned to separation from God. But God promised to settle that account with the devil. God told the serpent, "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel" (Gen. 3:15 NIV). You will notice that God referred to the woman"s offspring, not the man"s. Jesus was born of a virgin. When He died on the cross, He defeated the devil and the power of sin by offering Himself as the perfect and final blood sacrifice. His shed blood atoned for the sins of the whole world and satisfied the justice of God, once and for all. No longer would people be powerless against sin and the devil"s schemes. No longer would they have to be separated from God. As a physical reminder of that, at the moment when Jesus died on the cross, an earthquake shook Jerusalem. In the holiest part of the temple the huge, thick curtain separating people from the presence of God tore in two from top to bottom. It was as though God was saying to us, "Now you may come to Me, because my Son has opened the way." When Jesus hung on that cross dying, He suffered for your sins, not because He had to, but because He wanted to. "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13 NIV). 3.) Murder God did indeed often use warfare as an instrument of justice. In the Old Testament era, the people that God commanded Israel to fight against had often committed extremely wicked acts. It"s important to recognize that God did not randomly "pick on" innocent people. Rather, he often used Israel to execute justice upon offenders who had committed acts that even modern people would call evil. This kind of justice values the lives of victims by acting on their behalf, and it values the lives of offenders by taking their actions seriously and dealing with them in the context of their place in human society. However, though God sometimes used warfare to bring justice upon entire societies and political structures, this does not mean he judged every specific person who was part of that group. The societal values that produced these detestable acts were the target of God"s actions. Unfortunately, some "innocent" people faced the consequences, but such, regrettably, are the ramifications of living in a world entirely corrupted by human evil. The law that God gave to Moses also instructed the Israelites to offer peace before attacking a city. God even told Abraham that he would not destroy the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah if there were as few as ten righteous people living there. When Jesus came to make God"s character and message most fully known, he preached about love and forgiveness, then demonstrated those values toward his own enemies. I can't really finish what I am trying to say, maybe next round. Thanks again for the challenge.