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From: katy@dicomed.UUCP (Kathleen Cornelson)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: The horrifying Old Testament
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Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 14:59:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  2 14:59:07 1985
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I was raised in a Christian home and truly believed in a loving,
holy and good God. As I grew older my beliefs led me to read the
Bible, that I might "meditate on the word". As I read the Old
Testament I became more and more horrified. The many violent and
cruel acts which God demanded of his chosen people seem so
inconsistent with the gentle God I had been taught to believe in.

The "damager god" discussion so far has been a debate between
Christians and non. But I would like to open this discussion 
strictly between believing Christians. How do you other 
Christians deal with this. I don't really want to give up the 
religion I grew up with, the God that I truly believe in, but is 
the good and loving God that I believe in the same one
that they talk about in the Old Testament? I don't think I like
that God.

To quote my former roomate Faith:

"Maybe my parents should have named me Doubt!"


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