Is there such a thing as 'wrath of God'?
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It's a biblical one and not seen as derogatory.\n\n"God's wrath" or "God's anger" is mentioned many times in the bible.  Christians and non-christians use the phrase "wrath of god" to describe cataclysmic events.
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Thankfully no.\n\nI HAVE been berated by a family "friend" for being a godless heathen... but that was years ago.  He has since abandoned his vituperation for civility and I've not faced any serious problems since.\n\nI'm one of the LUCKY ones, though.
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No, it’s not the divine word of Dan Brown anymore. Sorry, you’re doomed to hellfire and damnation, as are we all. Although I should point out that when it’s been done in the past it’s been called revisionism and this in turn would produce a whole new following along with belief structure. So hooray! We’re all saved again (sigh). \n\nYa know, I'd also like to say that I’ve also been reading a lot of your past questions and seeing the responses you’ve gotten from most of them and I realize one thing, people honestly feel that god can’t take a dirty joke. If God created us in his own image wouldn’t that mean he also had a sense of humor? Seriously! I mean if I were an atheist wanting to choose a life with god, these people would seriously give me reason to reconsider it. I for one wouldn't want to spend eternity with them, I'd probably be cast into the pit of hell for farting hard.
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Thanks for debunking that baby smashing issue.\n\nIt strikes me as odd that the God-haters can find none of this negative text to rant about  in the new testament.\nWonder why that is?\n\nYou suppose its because the ancient world was filled with horrible evil people and God had to be harsh with them because they were downright wicked?   Huge  armies roamed about, plundering and pillaging everything they found. Maybe God knew things were going to become more civilized (at least for a little while) after Jesus came with the new message. \n\nGee, Jesus taught turn the other cheek, pray for your enemies. That doesn't sound like a hateful God to me.\n\nToo bad atheists can't come forward to the 21st century. \nThey accuse Christians of being stuck in the year 1000BC and yet the only part of the bible they care to quote comes from the BC era.  \n\nWonder why that is??\nBile spewing, hatefilled God haters. Sad, so sad.
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Yes.  Biblegod is supposedly the biggest kid on the block so he gets to declare "do as I say not as I do" when he commits or endorses mass murder in his "Word".  As described in the Bible, he is a tyrant and an egomanic regardless of his claims of being "loving' and "just".  Heck, the creation myth at the very start of the tale says all you need to know:  God set Adam and Eve up for their fall, knowing full well what would follow, then blamed them for what happened.  Some "love and justice".
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In the real world, no.\n\nSubstitutionary justice is no justice at all...it's sick and it's a cynical way to balance ledgers.  Hell, you see some of that going on in the Middle East with groups killing one another:  Someone looses a child to a rival tribe's assassin, he goes and murders some other member of the rival tribe in revenge, the sibling of the murder victim goes out and machineguns a bus of the first mans' tribe...and it never ends.\n\nThe whole thing started with the notion of blood sacrifice to God to atone for sins...goats, sheep, and so forth.  Did anyone notice that when Cain supposedly offered God some of his hard-grown wheat and Abel offered an animal he had caught, God liked Abel's sacrifice more?  God had a fetish for blood, I guess.  And burning flesh too.  Until Jesus's got spilled, then he suddenly got squeamish about it.  \n\nHe didn't die for anyone's sins:  He was killed because he was politically inconvienent and became a martyr to his own cause.  That's all.  The rest of the nonsense got tacked on later.
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VERBAL    DIARHEA!!\n\n\nNothing is sacred,,,,prove it oh GOD  we have waited for two thousand years, enough is enough!\n \nIF THERE WAS A GOD THERE WOULD BE NO HURT\nTHERE WOULD BE NO PAIN\nTHE SUFFERING WE FEEL WHEN WE HAVE BEEN  HURT IS NOT  FAIR.\n\nI had bad news just three hours ago and this confirms the fact that there is no GOD!!!
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I'm sorry if you're experiencing something that's upsetting you so much that you hate most all people right now.  I hope it's not the way you feel on a daily basis.  That would be a tough existence indeed.\n\nI do not choose to define you by this one question, as most the rest of the answerers seem to have.\n\nYou may be interested to know - or you may already know - God has destroyed relatively large groups of people in the past who were involved in wicked things such as child sacrifice (as in the case of the Canaanites), debased sexual wrongs (as in the case of Sodom and Gomorrah) and extreme violence and physical abuse (as in the case of the flood) among other things.\n\nIt certainly is unfair that righteous, meek people must be constantly affected by people who choose to ruin themselves, others and this planet.  But the Bible, at Revelation 11:18, explains that God will soon "bring to ruin those ruining the earth."\n\nPsalm 37:10, 11, 29 says, "And just a little while longer and the wicked will be no more; and you will certainly give attention to his place and he will not be.  But the meek ones themselves will possess the earth and they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace...The righteous themselves will possess the earth and they will reside forever upon it."\n\nJust how many people on the earth today are "wicked" and how many are "righteous?"  We cannot know the number or the percentage precisely, but the Bible makes it clear that the majority of mankind is on the "wide and spacious road leading to destruction" and very few are on the "narrow and cramped road leading to life." (Matthew 7:13)\n\nHowever, you can gain a lot of peace by adopting God's view of the situation.  Though he will do what is necessary to clean up the earth and make life worth living for those who are willing to meet his requirements, "Jehovah is not slow respecting his promise, as some people consider slowness, but he is patient with you because he does not wish any to be destroyed, but desires all to attain to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)\n\nIf you look at people causing you hardship or pain of any kind as people who potentially will eventually see the light of truth and make changes for the better, just like Saul who later became known as the Apostle Paul, you will find greater joy in life now.\n\nI highly recommend you get yourself a copy of the book called What Does the Bible Really Teach?  I'm sure it will help you deal with troubling situations and so far unanswered questions or unsatisfying answers you've received elsewhere.\n\nI wish you well!
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Pretty confrontational for someone preaching about God.
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that's a good point. \nu know what's worse? imagine that my God was taking care by his mother when he was a little baby born. i can't imagine my God is being feed by his mother, dress him up, calm him down when he cries! no way that can be my God!
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If so, then as some on here have suggested, let's pack it all in and throw the whole mess away. Having spent a good deal of my life studying the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures I certainly don't come to that conclusion. Instead I see story after story about losers (not winners), the least (not the greatest), the littlest (not the biggest), the dim-est (not the brightest), the foulest (not the most righteous), the f__k-ups (not the ones who get it right), being the ones who are deeply loved and greatly prized. It is not a collection of winner's stories. It is an anthology of humanity with all of its beauty and ugliness, and a God who seems to be remarkably like his/her creation. It is an image (sacrament) about how God has always been in and loving his creation - and that his creation has always been "in" its God. So the redemption stories in those Holy books are not about god leaving anyone out (including herself), but about how everyone was always in (all along).  Contrary to what the moralists and hell-lovers proclaim, God has not changed his mind since saying in Genesis 1:31 about her creation: "it is so good, so very good!"
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I hope God changes this channel soon, as this is the show of complete craziness and evil.\n\n(in terms of murder, hate, poverty, cruelty etc.)
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Yes that is against god and everything in the world. I would recommend not doing that unless you want to be looked down upon in society.
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I'm answering tentatively, because I'm not sure exactly what you're describing and there *is* a lot of crazy stuff out there, unfortunately.  \n\nIf you mean the spiritual perfection of the Church on earth "without spot or wrinkle or any such thing" through "Christ in me, the hope of glory" then I'm with ya.  George Warnock.  Bill Britton.  "The manifestation of the sons of God."  Wonderful truths that are warred against feverishly.  Even among those that believe, many often change their mind or become discouraged because they forget that it is a work that *God* is going to do, not us.  We can't perfect ourselves.  :)  But God IS going to have His overcoming Church on earth!\n\nIf this is what you're talking about, e-mail me at silverdeege@yahoo.com.  I'd love to talk.  My pastor preaches this and, additionally, wrote a book you might enjoy if you find yourself interested.  Also, if you haven't read George Warnock, check out:  \n\nhttp://meatindueseason.org/warnock/warnock-index.html
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You're referring to Nietzsche's "God is dead" phrase.  Basically, humans are "killing" (note, it's killing, not killed) God by not paying attention.
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Wow, you sure brought on some original one liners with this one. Personally, I don't want a bunch of hypocritical spin doctor morons calling me great.\n\nAnd I take exception to this response:\n Remember the commandment THOU SHALT NOT KILL? that means NO KILLING! Who's the hypocrite? \n\nThe intent of the commandment was Thou Shalt Not Murder. I know that not all of us have access to a bible, but it's there- Exodus, Chapter 20. \n\nMaybe it's just me, but I think that there is a profound difference in killing an unborn child and removing toxic waste like Ted Bundy from our midst. Anyone who can't see the difference should probably go read The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule.\n\nSorry about getting off subject here, but I didn't see a whole lot of other valid points being made. And you have to admit, I was right about the cracks from the short bus stalker nimrods, wasn't I?
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Links posted by sinthya gives quotes from Quran regarding hell punishment for those who delibrately disbelieve God. Yes, Quran has warned about severe punishment in hereafter life for rejecting God. What that has to do with violence ? A person who believe in Hell punishement will be more tolerent and just because he knows will be accounted for every deed he do in this life. \n\nSee this answer also\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1006012302108