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There's no way around it; the God of the Bible was portrayed as a megamaniacal psychopath.
For many literalist fundies, Dispensationalism seems to be the preferred apology for absolving their God of responsibility for "HIS" reported actions (especially in the OT). This theological system holds that God has interacted with humanity in different ways in accordance to (pre)ordained "ages". It also draws a distinction between God's treament of Israel and the Christian Church. Of course, this is a recipe for divine moral relativism which fails miserably in terms of providing a reasonable justification for placing such a horrific MONSTER on a pedestal to be 'worshiped' and 'praised', because saying something like, "Well, most of the really bad stuff happened prior to the Dispensation of Grace.", fails to address the objective rightness or wrongness of things like infanticide and genocide.
For many literalist fundies, Dispensationalism seems to be the preferred apology for absolving their God of responsibility for "HIS" reported actions (especially in the OT). This theological system holds that God has interacted with humanity in different ways in accordance to (pre)ordained "ages". It also draws a distinction between God's treament of Israel and the Christian Church. Of course, this is a recipe for divine moral relativism which fails miserably in terms of providing a reasonable justification for placing such a horrific MONSTER on a pedestal to be 'worshiped' and 'praised', because saying something like, "Well, most of the really bad stuff happened prior to the Dispensation of Grace.", fails to address the objective rightness or wrongness of things like infanticide and genocide.
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