Originally Posted by
cashpiles
How about in the Old Testament where God commands his believers to massacre whole cities of men, women and children. Or, how God sends down giant hail stones to crush every last "enemy" (non-believer or believer in another God).
In the Bible, Satan is not the source of evil. God can send forth evil at will and has done so. How can that be an all-loving God?
Sorry to bash on Christianity, but that's the only religion I've really looked into. Also, you may have different beliefs (obviously). So feel free not to get upset by my viewpoint.
One last thing. If the Bible is the word of God, how do you explain this:
Jesus talks about the smallest seed on Earth being the mustard seed, when in fact, we now know the mustard seed not to be the smallest seed on Earth. If God is all-knowing (past, present and future), the creator of all things and "perfect", how could an error like this be made?
One one last thing. Jesus died atleast atleast a generation before the first gospels were written. How can the New Testament be considered a first-hand account of part of Jesus' life?
These are very weak, un-detailed arguments. But if you do some Google searching, you will find the more detailed versions of all these questions and arguments.