Do Christians Worship Different Gods?

What makes you think that god would (or should) keep his promises?Edited by Panda, : No reason given.

That is unrelated to the statement I was questioning.

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That would be an odd position for someone to take - that God should make promises and not keep them!

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Why would it be an odd position, unless you expect god to keep his promises?
Why do you expect god to keep his promises? Edited by AdminPD, : Warning

If you look at the posting history, you will see that I am questioning iano and not god.
As far as I am aware, god only lurks on this site and hasn't yet created a login. Edited by AdminPD, : No reason given.

Imagine an armed robber pointing an AK47 at you and not giving you any reason to suppose that he is anything but serious.
If he promised that he would not kill you as long as you give him the combination to the safe - do you think he will keep his promise?
He is demonstrably capable of delivering on his promise, but do you think he actually will?Why do you think god would keep his promises?Edited by Panda, : No reason given.Edited by Panda, : No reason given.Edited by AdminPD, : Warning

Well, that would be very naive.
A person willing to point a gun at you is likely to do whatever he wants regardless of any promises he made.
You don't know what his goals are - your death might suit his needs.
You don't know his motivations - maybe he enjoys killing people.The same issues apply to god.Edited by AdminPD, : Warning

Ok - I'll change it slightly...Imagine an armed robber pointing an AK47 at someone and not giving you any reason to suppose that he is anything but serious.
If he promised that he would not kill them as long as they give him the combination to the safe - do you think he will keep his promise?
He is demonstrably capable of delivering on his promise, but do you think he actually will?A person willing to point a gun at someone is likely to do whatever he wants regardless of any promises he made.
You don't know what his goals are - a death might suit his needs.
You don't know his motivations - maybe he enjoys killing people.I doubt that any soldier/policeman would expect him to keep his promise.
Do you think it would be odd to work on the premise that he wouldn't keep his promise?
Do you think he will keep his promise?Edited by AdminPD, : Warning

But doesn't:
"Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil"
mean that we don't need god to tell us what to think about genocide - as we already know what is right or wrong?God didn't give us the ability to discern good from evil - we took it (as we didn't know good from evil).
And now we are able to judge the actions of god, including when he commits genocide.

Do we or do we not have the ability to know good and evil?
According to the bible - we do.
But maybe you disagree?I look and see the evil that god has done.
This is not a judgement - it is an observation. Surely, suppression of truth would be evil and I would be able to recognise it.
Or are you saying that we don't have the ability to know good and evil?Or are you accusing me of suppressing the truth?
I think your response was intentionally vague.
Please try to be specific.Edited by Panda, : No reason given.Edited by Panda, : No reason given.Edited by Panda, : No reason given.