punishes disobedience with curses, plagues, cuckoldry, cannibalism to eat your own children, slavery, infighting
Punishing evil- what’s the problem?
God doesn’t create evil- that’s the work of man. Man has free will. If you think God demanding worship is bad but also giving free will is bad, then you’re a contradiction.
endorses genocide, killing innocents, slavery, selling daughters to sex slavery, rape, forced marriage of victim to their rapist,
Where?
inequality of women
In what way?
If you think women and men having different roles is bad- that’s coming from your own opinion based on your culture. Would you judge an Arabian or African culture for believing in different roles? On what basis, apart from ingrained white supremacism?
weird purity codes against pork & shellfish; mixing fibers, crops, animals; particular facial hairstyles; tattoos; body modification; etc.
That was to give the early israelites a national identity to be set apart. It’s irrelevant now as the purpose has been fulfilled.
an afterlife that punishes nonbelievers who do good
Punishing evil- what’s the problem?
God doesn’t create evil- that’s the work of man. Man has free will. If you think God demanding worship is bad but also giving free will is bad, then you’re a contradiction.
Where?
In what way? If you think women and men having different roles is bad- that’s coming from your own opinion based on your culture. Would you judge an Arabian or African culture for believing in different roles? On what basis, apart from ingrained white supremacism?
That was to give the early israelites a national identity to be set apart. It’s irrelevant now as the purpose has been fulfilled.
No, there isn’t. Nobody does good, not even one.
“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
That includes sin my guy.