Having read at least some of the Abrahamic bible (only Genesis and Exodus so far, which is quite an undertaking in of itself) and having seen all the horrific and horrendous shit that Yahweh/Yehowah gets up to (as well as condones his "chosen people" doing), I have come to the conclusion that both Dan Barker and Richard Dawkins are right in their assessment that the god of the Hebrews is "the most horrible character in all fiction". It therefore baffles me how the faithful can state their bogus opinions that "God is good/great/loving" as if those are irrefutable facts on the same level as "the Earth is a geoid" and "Evolution is true" (the latter being one that they often refute), but fail to provide any supporting evidence. Logic and reason are not the forté of that crowd (which is one of the reasons I refuse to take seriously the intellectual capacity or integrity of anyone whom professes to be a believer). I sincerely hope that if I ever take religion seriously, someone will be sure to check my mental health and brain function, because either I've completely lost my mind or have some other dire affliction of the brain.
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This is why we need to have a fear of God because anytime he can take our lives or send us a big trial. I am not religious back before but I have realized that the heaven is real (even if all we will be doing there is to worship eternity). You have the choice whom to believe.
Computer says "no". You've missed the point. Any being that rules through fear (or tries to) is not worthy of love and respect, much less having followers.