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

Some Initial Responses: >> "You went through each of the points and just stated you did not like what I had to say or did not understand it." This is blatantly false - I went through your points and showed the logical flaws and semantic loopholes your sources attempt to use to explain away contradiction. >> "At least you concede you did not read it and understand it." Again - blatantly false. I never said I didn't read it. In fact, I did read it and found it full of nonsense and logical flaws. >> "As well I have a Degree in Biblical Theology pending a Masters Graduation. I assure you I understood it." But apparently not a degree in English... Your credentials are completely immaterial. >> "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." A creative, but deliberate misinterpretation. The fact that Christians, even unilaterally, believe something does not indicate that it is correct. >> "So I'm supposed to believe that in your relative few years of study, less than two probably, you have undermined all Christianity?" Christianity undermines itself. Nothing I'm positing is new information. >> "You have not read the bible or Christian teaching to even be able to adequately defend against my address of your points." Funny story about how you have not provided any original argumentation, yet continuously rehash the same nonsense for all points. >> "Somehow for 2000 years Justin Martyr was misunderstood until this very debate. " Except that the points that Justin Martyr talked about have been a source of contention for 2000 years... it's only Christians that view them as true. >> "it is showing the contradictory appearance was due to the JEWS, Not God. " This is a silly notion, as Christian understanding of God stems from Jewish understanding. Jesus simply replaced many of the contentions of the Old Testament with new phrases. If there is a difference between Judaism and Christianity in the nature of God, that proves the resolution - that there ARE inconsistencies! >> "I have shown that there are teachings in the Bible that show God is not contradictory. " False - you have given poor explanations that rely on bizarre understandings of passages and ignore diametrically opposing texts. >> "You are doing the same thing they are. At least Trypho realized it." A wonderful ad hominem. Congratulations - your argument is still uncompelling. >> "This is that linking verse that shows God is abounding in love but also punishes the guilty." Were the firstborn in Egypt guilty? The babies in the city of Sodom? The babies washed away by the flood? What were they guilty OF?? >> "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." I show diametrically opposing passages that you explain away with bizarre understandings and logical fallacies, yet you consider my understanding to be obtuse? How strange... >> "God allows slavery. This is oppression." CORRECTION - God mandates slavery. Leviticus says "SHALL" and not "MAY." >> "God orders the death of Children. This to you is always morally wrong." Apparently it is not to God... >> "Second, Christians are slaves of God. 1 Cor 6:19-20" That passage is about willing obedience, not slavery... Besides - I thought God created us - who did he buy us from? This passage is a complete non sequiter. >> "You simply must concede that the teaching in the Bible no way detracts from God's character…as the Bible states His Character." You mediocre dunce! The Bible is obviously inconsistent in its statement of His Character!!!! Is there something confusing to you about this: 2 The 3:16a - "Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means." Psa 144:1 - "Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:" >> "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." Why is that a "Bad God?" He teaches the Israelites "to war" and their "fingers to fight" yet gives "peace always by all means?" One of these passages is wrong, or the author is a liar. >> "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." And it is obviously inconsistent even by those standards. Again - is there something difficult to comprehend about a God that abhors oppression, yet commands slavery? Obviously inconsistent. >> "I have reconciled all of your points here again and restated it in a different way." Actually, you haven't really addressed any of the points in a meaningful way. ****************************************** Readers, it is with only cursory examination that my opponent's main sources (Justin Martyr and the piece concerning genocide) are revealed to be heavily biased and dancing around the issues like a shaman around a festival blaze. My opponent has provided no meaningful argumentation on the topics at hand, which are briefly outlined again below: On Slavery. It is held by Christians that one should treat others as you would wish to be treated, and that it is wrong to oppress, enslave, or discriminate against another person. In this set of verses from Round 1, we see God state that oppression is wrong, yet tell the Hebrews that they "shalt have" slaves that are from the foreign nations they conquer. Obviously inconsistent. On Righteousness. Before the "God of Peace" smites Sodom, he has an argument with Abraham concerning finding righteous people in the city (Gen 18). Somehow God fails to find 10 righteous persons (babies, perhaps?) in the entire city, yet chooses to spare Lot and his family... Lot offers his virginal daughters to a lustful mob to be raped, and then later commits incest with both of them. Yet Peter calls Lot righteous, and God saved Lot from destruction... Obviously inconsistent. On Perfection of God's Law. Christians hold God's law to be infallible - some sects (Catholicism) hold the Vicar of Christ (the Pope) to be infallible in church teachings as well. Psalms states that the law of God is perfect, yet in Hebrews, we see God finding fault with the promises of the "first covenant" and being in need of a second... if the law of God is perfect, what was wrong with his law in the first covenant? Obviously inconsistent. On Mercy. Psalms states over and over again that God is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and full of kindness. However, in Jeremiah, God says, "I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them." It is inconceivable to me how this can be seen as any brand of consistency. Furthermore, God occasionally instructs the Hebrews to commit genocide (1 Samuel 15), even including the women, children, and animals who cannot fight. This is not a merciful being. Obviously inconsistent. On War and Peace. Again, God is referred to repeatedly as the "God of Peace." But he is also referred to as a "Man of war." These two statements are diametrically opposed and cannot be reconcilable. Furthermore, the same God that preaches peace with one's neighbor somehow manages to teach the Hebrews how to kill their neighbors more effectively according to Psalms... Obviously inconsistent. ********************* The biblical actions of the Christian God are inconsistent with the biblical attributes ascribed to this entity. Thus, it is impossible to know if God is truly warlike or truly peaceful, and thus impossible to know God's character. AFFIRMED.