Your God May be, but My God is Not that Cruel

God is a being known by many different names.

To some God is the creator of the universe to others an adult fairytale.

And depending on who you ask;

God may be cruel and smit thee, be kind and help thee, or simply ignore thee.

God may ask you to kill your brothers in his name or ask you to shelter the wounded and innocent from harm.

God may tell you to judge and punish the sinners or extend your hand to help them.

God may threaten brim and hell fire or promise eternal life in heaven.

To the rich, God may tell them that money is a reward and being poor is a product of laziness.

To the poor or struggling, God may tell them to give all they can and be thankful for the blessings they have received.

For you see, which God you believe in is a product of your own interpretations and can be manipulated into whatever you want it to be. So those who kill in his name only wanted justification or cause to rally the troops. Those who spread hate and violence against homosexuals, women who have abortions, or other moral sins seem to not realize that these types of sins (whether they actually are sins or not I will not get into here) are between the sinner and God. For him to judge and forgive, if it is needed. Whether you believe in God or not the real underlying values of treating people kindly, helping those in need, not stealing or killing people are important values. It is people who destroy these teachings and skew it to hate and genocide. People are the devil here, not God.