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it's pretty clear from scripture that God is good
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I know the Christians aren't always fans of the old testament but didn't god do some pretty heinous things like killing all the first born of egypt? That's pretty uncool, and I don't see a lot of good in that. Wouldn't it have been better to just kill the Pharaoh?
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and from natural reason that it's better to be good than evil
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What natural reason leads you to this conclusion? And isn't it a circular argument?
And it certainly does not tell us what is good and what is evil. What is good in nature? Survival? Procreation? How does god help us achieve this goal? Procreation especially seems to be hampered by religious ideas of chastity.
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would be more correct to parse this by saying that our concept of good might well be flawed rather than by saying that it is not true that God is good
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If the good is just looking out for one's own interests and god is opposed to that than god is not good from my point of view. You may very well have your own point of view, and god may have his. If god existed, I'm sure he would have his own interests and desires (or else why would he do anything?), and if he does not share the same interests and desires that I do then he is not my friend.