Does God Set A Good Example

[nailit]

Religionists, (of whatever persuasion) does your God set a good example to live by...according to your own scriptures?

I have to admit that I havn't read all of the Koran so will have to leave that to others. However, I have read the entire Bible and the saying "Do as I say. Not as I do" seems appropriate.
Just curious here, but why is it ok for God to slaughter, maim, kill, murder, be jealous, homophobic, genocidal, sexist, vain, vindictive etc and yet we mere mortals have to ask HIM for forgiveness of sins?

Just asking.

[naomi24]

.. in view of the lack of response, apparently not.

[wildwood]

You forgot to include pedophilic.

I have not read the bible nor the koran completely, but from what I've seen so far, there seem to be so many contradictory passages that proofs the book(s) are fables.

The most obvious one is that... supposedly, Noah was witness to gruesome mass genocide by his idol who is professed to be good and forgiving. Then his family committed incest to re-populate the world. So where do the different races of people come from in such a relatively short time?

[Marshwarble]

The Bible is basically: God is bad; Son tries to make up for it.

[vetuste_ennemi]

"Son tries to make up for it."
That's work in progress, then.

[mibn2cweus]

God, by comparison, makes the devil look like a Sunday school teacher.

[agchristie]

@ birdie

Just checking, that's a negative then? ;)

[keyplus90]

Perhaps the most easiest and practical solution would have been just reading what you haven't read yet. And also read again what you have and then compare with open mind. Then you may be able to see that things are not as they firat seem like.

[Hypognosis]

@nailit

Good question!

It's not aimed at atheists so I can't answer. I'm just taking a seat.

[Khandro]

There's more than a tad of anthropomorphism in the question with its assertion that God embodies such human properties.
Since most religious beliefs are homocentric, concerned with questions such as the purpose of humanity’s existence, the origin of human beings, and humanity’s place in the universe, many belief systems assign human attributes to the divine. From the perspective of believers of a religion where the deity or deities have human characteristics, it may be more accurate to describe the phenomenon as “theomorphism,” or the giving of divine qualities to humans, instead of anthropomorphism, the giving of human qualities to the divine. In most belief systems, the deity or deities existed before humans, and therefore humans were created in the form of the divine. This resemblance implies some kind of kinship between human beings and God, especially between humanity’s moral being and God.

For philosophically-minded theists and adherents to theological systems, the essence of God is impersonal Being, the "ground of being." Omnipotent, omnipresent, and uncaused, God is totally incommensurate with creation. From that perspective, anthropomorphic conceptions of deity are indeed projections of human qualities on the ineffable. Anthropomorphism, then, is taken to be fundamentally flawed, and only manifests popular ignorance.

[sevenOP]

Good attempt Khandro in encouraging thought beyond the miniscule parameters of a man-like god or a god-like man.

Sadly that may be a leap they cannot or will not take, but I live in hope
[;o ]

[nailit]

Khandro and sevenOP. What has anthropomorphism got to do with my question? I made it clear that I was basing my Q on the Bible definition of God and the way he is shown (or revealed himself to be) in the Bible.

[Khandro]

nailit; So is your purpose to discredit the bible or God?

[RATTER15]

The Bible does quite a good job to discredit itself, as for God, you cant discredit something that does not exist!

[nailit]

//So is your purpose to discredit the bible or God?//
Who talked about discrediting anything? I didnt.
I asked if 'God set a good example' and admitted that I havnt read the entire Koran so I couldnt comment (like I havnt read other religious tomes so couldnt possibly comment with any degree of honesty)
I have read the Bible (cover to cover) and the God it portrays is a lunatic. So I am basing my Q on the Biblical portrayal of God.
Hope this answers your question.

[ukbod2015]

I tend to look at it that he built the place and then left us to screw it up.

[nailit]

is the God of the Bible a good example to follow? Its not a difficult question.

[nailit]

//I tend to look at it that he built the place and then left us to screw it up.//
Via a tree apparently.