The Christian God is Immoral

The Bible can not be taken to be 100% literal and true, it must be interpreted. However, if it is taken this to be literal, it shows that God is all good.My opponent takes passages from the Bible and understands them to be 100% true. The Bible was only inspired by God, but was interpretted and written by men. It also has be translated many times. Furthermore, if the Bible is taken to be 100% literal and true, it proves God is all good, because the Bible says that God is all Good many times. So, the Bible cannot be unsderstood 100% true and literal, but if it is it olny proves my point that God is all good.If the Bible is taken to be 100% true and literal these passages are all correct. Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is GOOD; for His loving kindness is everlasting (Psalms 107:1) Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and to His GOODness in the last days (Hosea 3:5).John 4:8-10 (God is love; and how God showed His love) You might say that if teh Bible is 100% true than God did all the "evil" stuff so he is not good. This would just mean that the "evil" stuff was somehow good for a reason we cannot see. I will go on to explain what the "evil" verses actually mean.10th plaugue The exodus story was not written until after the fact. While historians agree that Moses lived aroud the 7th or 8th century BCE [1], the book of exodus was not written until the 6th century BCE, with revisions up until the 4th century AD. What was said in the Bible was not a clear account of what happened. There are very view modern documented cases of "acts of God". It seems that writers exagerated after the fact for a better story. It is most likely that God never acted, and the Jews just claimed God was responsible to gain freedom. Furthermore God never says "I killed the firstborns". He says "I will kill them" this is future tense. Then the passage that describes the claims is written in third person. "At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt" [3].God never personally claims that he commited a killing.The Jews won freedom without a fight. Much like what Ghandi did for India. This was a very moral strategy to gain freedom.Amalekite Genocide"Now go attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep."Destroy andput to death generally just mean to "cleanse" or "liberate". God did not want the Amalekite children dead, he wanted them not to grow up to be Amalekites but good people. this can mean that God just wanted the Amalekites defeated. Not all dead. It is likely that not "every single" Amelekite died in the battle. God was only mad about not killing the Amalekite king, because the King represents the Amalekite ideology.Also, according to a b Michael D. Coogan, A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament (New York: Oxford, 2009), 197 [4] Saul's soul was replaced with an evil spirit. Saul is the one that carried out the killings. God does not want unneeded death. This is not like what the Nazis did. God just wanted Saul to win a war to stop evil people. The Nazis primary goal was to kill innocents, while God wanted the Amalekite king dead most, God wanted. God wanted to win a war not kill innocents. God did not order a genocide, but an attack on evil people.Evil Bible VersesMy opponent says that put to death in original translaton means smite. Smite- Defeat or conquer (a people or land).[5] to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, orother weapon: She smote him on the back with her umbrella. 2. to deliver or deal (a blow, hit, etc.) by striking hard.[6]Smite does not always mean "kill" or worse than death. Deuteronomy 22:20-12- Kill an entire town if one person is preaching of another religion God is often used as an alogory for goodness. By foreign God, it means "foreign evil ideology". For example if people believed in God that commanded "evil" they will have to be "smited" or defeated. By "kill" all God just means to convince everyone to be "good" instead of evil. If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)This just means cheating is bad and cheaters should be punished. Again, this was written by man. The Holy Ghost spiritually told men that cheating was bad. They made a rule to "smite" or "defeat" those who cheat. Cheating is generally an immoral thing to do because it involves lying. The Bible also says that "Thou shall not kill". Deuteronomy 22:20- Death for women who are not virgins on their wedding night Again, this just means that it is bad for women not to be virgins. Birth control was not invented yet in the time this was written. If women had premarital sex, they would risk having a child without a father to help care for it. Fathers were more important back then, because most jobs were too labor intensive for women. Also, they risk STDs. This is a good guideline for girls to follow back in the day.Romans 1:24-32- Infidels and gays should die "Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning and are disobedient to their parents."While these people are also gay and infidels. Being gay/infidel is not the crime, it was just a description of these people. "wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip." are the crimes. It also NEVER says that these people should be killed, it just says God has a penalty for them. The Bible describes God as good and lovingI have succesfully defended all seemingly "evil" examples of God. God is good and loving. The general consensus among Christians is that God is all good.Just because everybody thinks something doesn't make it right.While just because everyone agrees with it, it does not make it right is true. The message that God is good is the MOST believed Bible passage. It is the only consistently clear passage. This is justificatoin for believing the God is good passagesover others. God does good things for mankindBut not everyone enjoys life.Everyone has a chance to find enjoyment through life. Some people do not get to achieve whether it be there own fault or others. However, a lot more pepole enjoy life. Should God cancle life just because a few people don't like it. Some people are born with different cards, however everyone has a chance. If someone lives a "moral" life without happyness, they will get happyness in heaven. Life and eternal life are beneficial to mankind.Conclusion My opponent takes the Bible to be "literal", however this cannot be done. Though, if it is done, it proves my case because the Bible clearly states that God is good. There are some seemingly "evil" passages in the Bible. So, either the "evil" passages are true or the good passages (cannot be both).The "good" passages should be believed over the "bad" ones. The "good passages" are more recent ( most good passages are in the new testement and bad ones int he olds). The more recent a document is the greater chance it is of being true. Also, many good passages come from Jesus, who is God, as opposed to prophets, who are just prophets and can make mistakes. Clearly, the good passages have a greater chance of being accurate.All "evil" passages my opponent presented have been defended. God is described as all good and he does good things for mankind. I urge a con-vote. http://en.wikipedia.org...^ http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.biblegateway.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... https://www.google.ca... http://dictionary.reference.com...