If God is good, why does he kill so many people?

the bible was written over many years by many different people and for many different reasons. Much of it is history which like most histories is written to make it read as the writer wanted it to read. Such as the story of the exodus where natural events are woven into the story to make it more dramatic. Nobody knows who or what created the universe or laid down the natural laws by which it all works but of course religious and political leaders over the years will tell you they do and they will tell you what that god wants but in fact it is what they want. So when the Israelites invade a city and murder all the it is not "god" who wants them to do that it is their tribal leaders who want that done and they are telling their people it is god's will so they will slaughter children and babies. So don't blame some imaginary god for the killings blame the tribal leaders.

Hid goodness different from ours.

Um, where does it say G♥d kills anyone? Any killing is not G♥d, but satan, though satan would like you to think it was G♥d, but before you make judgments, make sure you understand culture and the language of the original writings. Even some people who say they are Christian needs to understand this, they only got part of the deal when they read it only in their own language and look at it through their own eyes...

if God is not good, then why are you still alive this very moment? your question is flawed that it tells itself that God is a killer... dude, just come to think of it? why do you still live today if God, that you are thinking is a killer, sustains you to still dwell here on earth? there are a lot of many things for you to be thankful to Him yet you're still looking for the negative side. how come that you have seen the numbers of people killed because of their stubbornness yet cannot see the goodness and mercy God had shown to billions of us including you.? did you really count it in the Bible or just researched it in unreliable resources? don't you really understand it or you're just making some nonsense discussion?? if God is not good, we would all be in hell but because of His love for us and by His great mercy, He gave His only begotten Son (John 3:16) for us to be saved! please double-check your ideas. thanks!

God did not killed someone. Only people killed each other. This is what God, angry to humanity because they love to do wrong instead of good deeds. God, instruct us what to do and people really hard headed and never follow what God, commandments. That is why God, said you will be die and live with your own hard work.

God doesn't kill because of our sins..that shows how God loves us. if God will let us live here on earth forever, the earth will be too much crowded..i'm sure you wouldn't want to live in a heavily crowded place! or what if you suffer arthritis or diabetes or any incurable illness, do you want to suffer from it forever..? God is our creator, He lends us our lives..He has all the rights to take it from us anytime He wants. if you think the devil kills less than what God does, think again. God only kills our flesh, the demon kills our spirits..

God doesn't kill people. People kill people in the misguided belief that they are doing it in the name of or by the will of a god. Remember that the Bible and all the other so-called sacred texts are in the end a compilation of myths and folklore that are allegorical in nature and should not be understood as a literal history.

Hi la_chique, Please don't take the Bible literally but remember that it was written by men. It contains many errors as well as old myths that were passed down by word of mouth for thousands of years. God does not kill people but rather people kill other people. Millions have been killed in the name of religion and it would be no better today if church leaders had the power that they once had. To know God go within into the silence for that is the only place where God can be found. Blessings.

The Mitzvah says: "Thou Shalt Not Murder". It does not say Kill...there is a big difference between Murder and Kill. Christians choose to translate it as kill so that they can make it fit their idea of 'christian principles', but it was not written by their christ. It was written by the Master of the Universe and He did not Murder. He killed or caused those who were harming His People to die. Big difference. HaShem will forgive sins if one asks Him to. Do you know what is in the minds of all men? Do you know that they are asking forgiveness? Christians seem to think that just because they believe in the christ figure, they are automatically forgiven for all of their sins no matter what they do...WRONG! You still have to ask forgiveness of those you have harmed and then of your MAKER! He is the ONE TRUE GOD AND THERE SHALL BE NO GODS BEFORE HIM!!! Of all of the people that HaShem killed, we do not know how many at the last moments of their lives turned to Him and asked forgiveness. Maybe this was the way they made it to His presence for eternity...

My dear friend. Just want to share my opinion on this as you requested. Goodness of God has been perfectly shown by giving us life and chance to see and live in this earth. If it is not of His goodness and love for us, will he let us have the will to think this questions and share our thoughts, knowing good between right and wrong? We are fortunate comparing to most disabled people but still thankful for what little they have, because they know they are more fortunate than those who had not been able to live perfectly on earth. We were given lives, but He has the reason on when He needs to take it. For those mass killing that you witnessed that made you confused, He has the reason for it. For some people, it's punishment for they abused the glory of God, others probably just sacrificed thier own lives because of others who are liable for such punishments. I know you are capable to understand His will and intention for giving and taking our lives, just look of things we have compared to others, and try to think to be in less fortunate others' place. Most killing are caused by natural calamities which oftenly caused by people's not valuing what was given to us. There are lots of circumstances, events and reason to site and relate to what is happening currently, but the mere fact is still.."It's ONLY HIM knows the reason, and we could not questioned HIM for He is the one who lend us everything we have." Happy mylotting.

God does have his reasons for allowing the things to happen that do.Having faith can sustain us trough our trials and obstacles. It is not fair for us to judge what god allows or doesn't. It is just our place to have faith in him.

Maybe you should read the Bible so you'll know what's the real reason why the 2.2 million people were killed.

Isn't it obvious? We are just like a video game for God. A few of us die, but more are always born so it's like extra lives times billions. Voltaire made many of the same points you did, and that was hundreds of years ago. People just don't want to believe in a God that uses us as expendable pieces in a giant game where the only winner is Him. Perhaps we've been interpretting the Bible incorrectly all this time. Perhaps God was the bad guy all along. Slight changes more than 2000 years ago may have changed the moral lessons of the Old Testament stories, and everyone knows the New Testament was written to praise Jesus, so, of course, it has God = Good.

first of all there is no god out there that you need to praise and worship.... GOD or Your TRue Self is within YOU....and dying is a natural part of existence just like birth.......and basically you dont die...for we are eternal...the physical body is like a garment that you take-off once your purpose in a particular lifetime is done....

I am not sure. I have so many questions hen it comes to the Bible. I do not understand alot of it either.

God decides what is good not you. God decides what is bad not you. If God says it is good to kill people then it is good. I am just saying that if God exist he/she/it/they would come down and lay down the rules and let people know how he/she/it/they feel.

I don't think that Satan has killed only 10 people. First and foremost, the devil is responsible why we people die. He is responsible for all the problems we experience at present. It is his doings. I believe that God do that to save his people from evil. He did that to protect us.

He is kinda dictatorish, Although he kills people if they were too good because he cant wait to have them on heaven or a person is so evil he wanted that person punished, Most of the natural disasters that kills lots of lives where humans fault though because of the abuse of mother nature. I think those disappointments caused some people to be atheist.

there is no god other then yourself, your thoughts create reality and so do no longer create a reality where something is controlling you but instead take your own perspective.

You've got it all wrong. God does not kill people. People kill people. Greed rules in today's society. God warns us in the Qur'an and the Bible of His Signs, but we ignore it and continue to go to war with each other and with ourselves. We should stop blaming God and take responsibility for our actions.