Misotheism

I believe God is worthy of worship based off the trustworthiness of his Word.

People of weak or no faith will be put off of God in the midst of our suffering. Many of us look at suffering through the lens of our existance here on Earth, which is narrow and shortsighted.

I believe God does have a plan, and that in the scheme of things, any suffering in our lives is merely temporary, compared to eternity. Scripture does state there will be trials and sufferings, but those who endure will have stronger faith, and their rewards in heaven will be great.

I don't think of God's promise as a bribe
 
Yes, the OT is definitely part of the canon of scripture.

Due to the nature of the New Testament, and the fact that Christ fulfilled many of the prophecies from the OT, there are parts of the OT that you don't follow anymore.

Example:
The OT had 3 kinds of laws. Moral, Civil and Ceremonial.

Ceremonial - things like animal sacrifices (blood of the lamb), to absolve sin, etc.
Civil - Government type laws
Moral laws - Typical, do not kill, do not commit adultery ... 10 commandments type stuff.

Your ceremonial laws became obsolete with Christ's arrival and death on the cross. he became the final sacrifice. Jews deny Christ was the messiah, and still hold to the ceremonial laws. Civil laws are obsolete as well. These laws' purpose right now is that they show us that people were unable to hold up to God's laws because people always needed to

Christ is what you call the new covenant that we are to hold to, and his teachings. Christians are taught that we need to follow Christ's teachings and the moral laws of the old days still apply. Most of what we're to obey are found in the commands we find in the gospels and the epistles of the new testament.

So, what do you follow in the OT? You adhere to the moral laws.

The things you see in the book of Judges (what people see as genocide in the OT), are now historical events. If you want to know the purpose of that in Judges were, we can discuss that, but i don't think the scope of your last question demanded that.

To summarize the OT, the big picture is that much of it shows that we can't achieve salvation through these "laws" that the people were given, and God knew that. It was the plan, that it would all point to Christ, and he would be the ultimate revelation of his plan and glory.

i dunno, does that help any?
 
Did God's nature change with the crucifixion of Jesus, or only his relation to man?

If his nature is the same, then He's still the same God who demanded genocide, who commited infanticide, and turned Lot's wife to salt. He's still evil.

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I would say his relation changed, in that, Christ is our direct path to God.

If you think he's evil, then that's really your opinion.

There's no place in scriptures were God ever commits any evil act himself. He can allow "evil" thins to happen but usually, there's a plan in place for good. Ultimately, there is much of God that is a mystery. We're revealed what we need to know, through scripture.

We'll just have to agree to disagree if God is good or evil. You have to decide if you can get over your own perception of evil if you want to see a glimpse of God's nature. You've been pretty steady in your stance towards God. God has been consistent throughout the bible, and I don't think an evil God would give us his Son to bring us to Him.
 
I was quoting paraphrasing. You haven't heard of that?
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Yes, I understand you position. We discussed it on another post. I think we disagree on the point that God is responsible for evil.
 
Also, if you pick #3, then you'll have contradicted most of your last year's worth of posts on religious issues.

There is no #4.
 
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