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Originally Posted by Black Arts
1: god being a supposedly vengeful yet all loving and all forgiving god contradicts itself
don't get me wrong if you got a good answer for that then i'll gladly accept it
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I'll answer it...even if you didn't ask me.
#1...The bible DOES have contradictions in accounts. But, that only explains the different time spans most of the books were written in.
#2...There are statements in the bible that are NOT to be taken literally. For example, after Jesus healed a blind man, he said, "We know that God doesn't hear a sinner's prayer." The man who said that was in no position and had no authority to speak about what God does or does not hear. He was just a random guy making statements. But, it was simply accounted in the bible. It doesn't mean what he said was true.
#3...God is merciful. The bible says "his mercy endures forever." But, do you know what that means? I means once his mercy RUNS out you for being rebellious and disobedient, he'll extend his mercy to someone else, hence, "enduring" mercy. It will never run out, but it will run out on individuals. From accounts in the bible, it takes a hell of a lot to piss God off. But, what seems to piss him off more than anything is not being contrite and sorrowful for wrong doing. THat, and not accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior will get God angrier than damn near anything else. Pride goes before a fall.