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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
That is an intriguing question, though. If one believes the Bible to be absolutely true, how does one ignore the parts where God orders the death of thousands, or perpetrates those deaths himself.
If, on the other hand, one only claims to believe certain parts, how does one tell the true parts from the false ones.
Then again, if the Bible is just a good guide for living one's life, we're right back to ignoring the parts we don't like. Also the Ten Commandments are very specific on the worship of the one God. Not exactly just a guidepost for living, but very singular in their demands.
This complication is one of the reasons I no longer believe in the Bible. There is too much contradiction for me to ignore, and more than one person gave the same guidelines without demanding absolute servitude, and did it long before Jesus.
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It is a good question. If God is a loving God why were other nations destroyed? Well, if you look at the biblical accounts they were pagan nations. By pagan I mean those who disregarded His Torah. For example they sacrificed human children to Molech, others participated in omophagia, others practiced sexual sacrifice. All these things God does not want for His own. Even when some of Israel fell into disobedience they met the same consequences as the pagan nations.
But everyone has a choice. One can continue to disregard what the King commands and face the consequences or they can obey the kings commandments and live. But many live in a day and age when the will of the people prevails and do not bow down to kings.