The Biblical Actions of the Christian God are Inconsistent with Its Biblical Attributes (et al)

You went through each of the points and just stated you did not like what I had to say or did not understand it. That so called "propaganda" shows that I am in line with Christian beliefs. The "propaganda" is the direct teachings from Christianity that shows you are taking Bible quotes out of context. To quote you below: "The notion that I need to study apologetic propaganda appalls me - the average Christian, whose notion of God we're dealing with, has undoubtedly not read OR understood this material." At least you concede you did not read it and understand it. As well I have a Degree in Biblical Theology pending a Masters Graduation. I assure you I understood it. All of those teachings show that for 2000 years Christians have been able to understand what the Bible teaches and there is no real contradiction. So I'm supposed to believe that in your relative few years of study, less than two probably, you have undermined all Christianity? While confessing that you didn't even adequately study it? You did not read the Christian "propaganda". You do realize that you are confessing knowledge without study. You are saying you somehow inherently know that Christians are wrong. You have not read the bible or Christian teaching to even be able to adequately defend against my address of your points. Do you see the problem with what you are suggesting? Listen to what you are suggesting about the context of Justin Martyr. 1.Somehow for 2000 years Justin Martyr was misunderstood until this very debate. If only you had come sooner… 2.The Jews he was dialoguing with were silenced cause Justin was stupid? rather than spending two chapters making a great point. Lets look at what really happened here. 1.Just like the Bible you did not understand, you did not understand what the 2 chapters leading up to the statement you posted. 2.You took Justin Martyr out of context just like the Bible. 3.You spent another 5 hours and "figured out" Justin Martyr was wrong. 4.Justin spent two days quoting scriptures to Jews and showing them* that they were inconsistent. Justin Martyr was a Greek Philosopher and wraps up with a rationalized argument, showing that the Jews thinking was contradictory, which you did not understand. 5.That argument is what you were supposed to read in the two chapters… it is showing the contradictory appearance was due to the JEWS, Not God. The Jews understood this and had no response! You are just trying to win a debate by using bad tactics at this point. You are just saying you disagree with what the Bible teaches and that makes him a Bad God. I have shown that there are teachings in the Bible that show God is not contradictory. I have used an outside text with Justin Martyr to point to the failed understanding of the Jews for centuries. You are doing the same thing they are. At least Trypho realized it. St. Paul teaches the same concept as Justin Martyr, in the Book of Romans. Rom 2:23-24 23 You who brag about the law, do you dishonor God by breaking the law? 24 As it is written: "God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you(Jews)." The Bible is speaking to different people at different points in time. Let me sum all of that information up for you with a storyline. Your father loves your mother the day the are married. They make a vow to be together always. He says to her. "I will love you forever, if you love me forever." 20 years later your mother leaves your father. You do not know why but she is gone. Your father states to her. "Return to me and I will forgive you." 25 years later your mother murders "you" the spawn of your father because she hates him so much. Your father states, "You will be punished for your evil." The Husband was not the problem. If you do not know the whole story and only quote the first and last statement from the husband you miss all that happened. Get it? This is that linking verse that shows God is abounding in love but also punishes the guilty. Ex 34:6-7 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, 7 maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation." I want you to realize that you are deliberately being obtuse. You do not want to admit that you are forced to concede in all the 5 points. Each one showed that the God of the Bible is not** inconsistent with His attributes. Your lack of knowledge as in the case of the Jews is the inconsistency. I used an author who has a great understanding of the Bible and the time and history in which it was written. The above concept (the concept of misquoting and taking out of context) solves all of your personal arguments save 2: God allows slavery. This is oppression. God orders the death of Children. This to you is always morally wrong. Realize you are not addressing the content that addressed the assertion. You are just boiling it down to saying I am ludicrous for believing what the Bible is teaching. This does not prove that the bible is not teaching what I am saying it does. You would have to refute all of those sources including Justin Martyr. First of all, God uses the bad things that people do to each other. The bad situations cause people turn to him, to turn to God is ultimately the end result God is shooting for. God commanded Babylon to conquer Israel because of the utter depravity of Israel (The book of Habakkuk) God then restored Israel (Pslam 126) and that restoration evangelized the nations. Everyone knew God's glory and justice. God wants people to do good things, but when they are evil and do bad things, He will command a bad situation as punishment and use it to teach all people about Him. It worked out for the good. (Restoration of Israel and the evangelization of all the nations in Babylon) This was the summary of the "propaganda" you did not read. Second, Christians are slaves of God. "1 Cor 6:19-20 You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body." We have no problem being considered slaves. God owns us. He bought us for a price. If it does not feel like oppression and gives me immense joy and peace… then maybe I am accurate whereas you fail to have a clear perspective. You are linking Oppression with Slavery. You are sadly mistaken that slavery could be ONLY a bad thing. In the same way Daniel served Nebuchadnezzar as second in command of the whole Kingdom, I serve Jesus Christ. That might make me an idiot but that Shows you are wrong on your point. To quote you on the Death of Children: "God's moral intuition apparently includes the notion that it is morally acceptable to kill children." "Oh - I see now... the fact that they'll go to heaven makes it all right to kill them... Right..." Exactly. You do not have to agree with it. You simply must concede that the teaching in the Bible no way detracts from God's character…as the Bible states His Character. He wants to really save them for all of eternity. It is better that they should die as babies than to grow up and become evil as the Amalekites were. That was also addressed in the "Propaganda". The bible teaches that God prefers that Children die, go to heaven rather than be born into a horrible society to then perpetuate even more evil. Why is that a Bad God? I would totally prefer the death of my son as a child then have him spend an eternity in hell for raping 30 women. The topic of debate did not state the Bible was subject to your OWN moral standards. Only that the Bible was inconsistent in those morals that were already stated in the Bible. I have reconciled all of your points here again and restated it in a different way. Perhaps this has guided you more clearly?