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“(A) - who ever said God was “benevolent”. HE made YOU. Don’t YOU apply labels to HIM that you think he ought have.

According to Merriam-Webster, “benevolent” means “marked by or disposed to doing good.” What do YOU think “benevolent” means? Of course if you think worms that burrow through children’s eyeballs are good things, then you can still call God “benevolent.” But you’re probably right. Best to avoid any labels, since an infinite being would be more different from us than we are from a slab of rock.

It puzzles me that people insist on sticking labels based on human nature onto a creature that is supposedly infinite. Emotions such as “love,” “anger,” and “sorrow” make no sense in an infinite being who exists outside of time.

Best to avoid any labels, since an infinite being would be more different from us than we are from a slab of rock. Sure, your heart's in the right place, but we were made in God's image, so it's not quite that bad. It puzzles me that people insist on sticking labels based on human nature onto a Being that is supposedly infinite. Emotions such as “love,” “anger,” and “sorrow” make no sense in an infinite being who exists outside of time. Again - I agree, because when people say love they tend to be talking about an emotion, but love isn't really an emotion. God knows love better than we do. When we say "God is love", it should be with an understanding that we don't really understand either! Like Paul said, "for now we see as if through a glass darkly"

[previous post was munged] Best to avoid any labels, since an infinite being would be more different from us than we are from a slab of rock.

Sure, your heart's in the right place, but we were made in God's image, so it's not quite that bad.

It puzzles me that people insist on sticking labels based on human nature onto a Being that is supposedly infinite. Emotions such as “love,” “anger,” and “sorrow” make no sense in an infinite being who exists outside of time.

Again - I agree, because when people say love they tend to be talking about an emotion, but love isn't really an emotion. God knows love better than we do. When we say "God is love", it should be with an understanding that we don't really understand either! Like Paul said, "for now we see as if through a glass darkly"