What's up with NT only, gentle Jesus thinking?

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Originally Posted by Timmy

Yes, that is apparently so, I have to agree. So, then what do we mean when we say things like "God is merciful" or "God is good"? We talk about God's everlasting mercy, but if it would not be possible (since we excuse literally anything he does) to disprove that assertion if it were actually false, then it is utterly meaningless. What could God possibly do to show that he actually isn't merciful or good (just supposing that were the case)? Kill someone for disobeying? Oops. It's been done. Even in the new covenant. Kill innocent children? Done. Command his followers to rape women, or take young virgins as slaves after killing their families, or slash pregnant women? Done.

If I made up a story of God performing some outrageous atrocity, you'd want my head on a platter. (OK, now I'm addressing the plural "you", or hypothetical "you", not necessarily you, CJ!) But you'd better look it up first to see if it just may be in the Bible. It might be hard to tell it apart from the real thing.

I have a seriously hard time swallowing some of that OT stuff. Sometimes I wonder just how much God had to do with some of that stuff. It seems often diametrically opposed to the Spirit of Jesus when He came. I think that is why people love the NT.