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I may be re-capping what has already been mentioned before, but I will offer my opinion anyway.

I believe the idea of "God" could only be an invention of man. Since the very beginning of recollected time, the human being has needed some way to explain all of the things in our environment that we did not or ever hope to understand. The unfortunate part was is that as science grew and eventually became an everyday part of our lives, the mystery of "God" kept getting smaller and more unimportant. To this day we still have the main questions we as ourselves that only "God" could be responsible for. Such as the meaning of life, why people die in unknown ways (it was their time.) and other such things.

Science may not be correct in many of its theories, but just by reading the Bible you can come to understand that the way "God" behaves is as man would behave. It is said in the Bible that "God" created us in him image, if that is the case then that explains our behavior compared to his, but why does he act the way he does? I have been told my whole life that "God" is all powerful, cares and loves everyone, is merciful beyond my reckoning, and so on. Yet I look at many other events in the Bible and I see a very different "God". I see a "God" possessed of rage, vengeful behavior, and a very unforgiving temperament to those who do not obey his wishes. A few examples of such behavior: Adam and Eve, "God" placed them in the perfect place to live with nothing to fear and had that one tiny rule we all know about. In accordance to what my pastor once told me, "Sin cannot exist in the presence of "God" he is too holy and it would simply consume itself in front of him" (or her). To be very blunt I would like to know how is it that if "God" walked in the Garden of Eden with Adam on a regular basis, then how is it that walking in front of a tree with the embodiment of sin "Knowledge" could have worked if sin cannot be in "God's" presence?

The Tower of Babel was one other such case in which "God" displayed the all too human emotions of envy, jealousy, and anger at the mere building of a tower. I do understand the lesson meant by the destruction of the tower, do not be so vain and self important as to out shine "God" himself, but why? If "God" is perfect in every way then why destroy something that is imperfect and built by man, that in no way could out shine his greatness?

I could go on to mention the countless times "God" has burned whole towns to cinders with fire and brimstone,

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