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Originally Posted by OBCT
jealousy. He created us to interact with us and for us to worship Him - yes, I'd call that jealousy, and yes, I'd call it justified. (This is hugely hypothetical, but I know I'd get jealous if I created a high-tech robot with AI and some "free will" - with a few important parameters for safe functioning - and it decided not to follow some of those parameters, got broken, searched everywhere but me for a repairman, eventually found a mediocre temporary "fix", then agreed to act as the spokesrobot for that other guy.  ) |
But jealousy is such a human emotion - it should be far beneath a deity worthy of praise. Not only is he jealous, he takes jealousy to a whole new level. As mentioned in the 10 Commandments (Exodus 20:4-5):
4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me
No wonder he has no problem with causing genocide, or with enslaving people, or
raping virgins.