Originally posted by chaney3
Your post does not address the character of God in the Bible, which seems man made. A 'God' would not act so immature. Not to mention that the story of Jesus seems to be taken from previous accounts of earlier cultures.
The story of Gilgamesh for example negates the Noah story.
The story of Gilgamesh negates Noah's story? Really?
So all ancient civilizations have a flood story and that somehow negates the flood story?
To even know what a flood is, one would have to have a point of reference
There was a flood, so it is up to you to decide exactly how big it really was for all these cultures to have a flood story.
As for God's character, how does a finite human being that was not even around during those times sit in judgement over an infinite all knowing God?
Good luck with that.
For me, the best representation of God is Jesus. He was God in the flesh that came down to actually talk to us.
Sorry, but there is no one like him. Men like Socrates often sounded like him, but were far from filling the role. The most notable thing Socrates ever said was something to the effect that if there ever walked the earth a righteous man with no guile, he would be murdered.
Is it any wonder that he himself was also murdered?