So the God in the bible never changes, right?
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The Bible was written by people and has a bias.  We read it to attempt to interpret what God means.  Since God lives within us, if we pay attention to our hearts we'll know what's right.
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The God of the Old Testament is the same God.  There is only one true God.  Jesus, the Son of God, came down on earth to die for our sins so that we may have our sins forgiven and have eternal life.....)(
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Yet everyone claims that exact same God is the all-loving God of the New Testament. Why the 360 split personality? Also, there is no middle ground between the two. I find it very hard to believe that Gods of other cultures were the same.
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We're made in the spiritual image of God, but that doesn't mean we ARE God; we make mistakes.  The Bible does have some internal inconsistancies, but it's also about 4000 years old.  You can't expect a story to be reproduced perfectly all throughout that time.  And I don't think it really matters anyway, since the creation story is more meant to be a parable than a factual history.  The message is more important than the individual details.
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It most certainly can! All that was said in the Bible can still be applied today. Some things did change from the Old to the New Testament, but both are still very much valid. The Bible is our guide to life! Read it, study it, meditate on it! I guarantee you will grow from it! God bless!
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What difference would it make? It's still the same deity. I think God is all genders, everything in general anyway.
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God of the old testament would but the God of the new testament is a God of love and forgiveness.
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The God of the Old Testament appears to have more than one personality. The identity of God seems to vary with the author. I see religion as an evolutionary process.
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Of course he could.  The many inaccuracies in the Bible lead us to a few possible conclusions:\n\n1.  If God is the author, then God is not perfect.\n2.  If God is indeed Perfect, then God is not the author.\n\nIts very difficult to accept that an omnipotent being revealed himself through a book at a time when almost nobody knew how to read.
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God loves everyone no matter what religion they are, no matter what sin they commit, no matter what. thats who He is.
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**PLEASE, read below the clearly stated answer by maresyandquiggly, which I fully support**\n----------------------------\n\nFirst, let me tell you that I disagree with the comment from drshorty, because drshorty says that\n\n"A true prophet will never teach anything that doesn't come true..." Note, however, that this **IS NOT** what the Bible teaches. \n\nOn the contrary, the Bible says that A FALSE PROPHET CAN TEACH SOMETHING THAT COMES TRUE.\n\nThe REAL PROOF (according to the Bible) to tell whether a prophet is false  or not is as follows: a false prophet will try to make you follow other gods. \n\nHave a look at Deuteronomy 13 1:5 (The Bible, NIV):\n\n[Note that the Scripture reads "...if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken TAKES PLACE..."]\n\n"If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a miraculous sign or wonder, 2 and if the sign or wonder of which he has spoken takes place, and he says, "Let us follow other gods" (gods you have not known) "and let us worship them," 3 you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him. 5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you."
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God is soveriegn, and everything that happens is according to His will. Sometimes God even has to allow bad things to happen to make people turn to him or to help people trust in Him.
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Yes.  God is not a book, nor is He confined to a book.\n\nThink about this:\n\nIn the time of Isaiah the prophet, the "Bible" as we know it had not been written fully.  But the Torah did exist, that is, the Books of the Law of Moses.  God spoke to Isaiah things which were not contradictory to the Torah, but yet were not in there either exactly.  \n\nAlso, most of history, most people have actually been illiterate.  And yet, God communicates with all of us, if we listen.
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The Bible says He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end... so He has always been....
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Yes - God cannot sin.
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No your logic is wrong because humans become gods in place of the original God. Only they can insure that universe continues, they hold that gnats life in their hands.\n\nBut in this universe God gives us the choice to hold the gnat at any value we want.
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No. God is forever. Atheists are whatever.