Reddit mentions of Judgment Of The Nephilim

I am not a Christian nor am I a bible scholar, but I have extensively studied the text and commentaries of actual bible scholars; both theistic and atheistic. Your argument against God, particularly against Christianity, is not new and I'd like to shed some light on it. The following is not an argument, rather a discussion.

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> God kills so many people in the bible

Correct. God gives permission to wage war in the old testament. Deuteronomy 20 depicts God as unwavering in retribution on evil, though he takes no delight in it (Ezekiel 18:21-23) and also unwavering in love and encouragement toward those hearts are turned toward him. God’s obvious desire is that sinners should repent and live. But there comes a point where evil is finally intolerable and wiped from off the earth, hence the Flood mentioned in Genesis. There is also one key point that readers fail to realize - many of the "wicked cities" in the land of Canaan and people (the Canaanites sons of Canaan) were hardly human. We are told by the bible itself that giants inhabited the holy land. What giants? They're often called the Nephilim. This is a whole study in itself so I'll keep it short: giants in the old testament were a mix between angel and human DNA.

Genesis 6:4**: There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

God waged war against these abominable creatures who sought to destroy humanity by corrupting their DNA. The situation became so severe that God had to flood the world to kill them all, but their DNA was carried over nonetheless. Just like the story of David and Goliath, Goliath was not fully human, but he was more human than the Nephilim before him, i.d. the Nephilim before the flood. If anyone is interested in this, I recommend the book Judgment Of The Nephilim by Ryan Pitterson. It answers some really good questions, such as why there was so much war and killing commanded by God in the days of the old testament.

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>According to Christianity, anyone who doesn't follow that exact set of beliefs is going to burn in hell

This is what humans say at least. I really like this verse in the Quran because it debunks this claim. You might ask why am I quoting from the Quran? Judaism, Christianity, and Islam make up the three Abrahamic religions, and if we accept that the Bible is from the God of Abraham, then the Quran is also from the God of Abraham.

Surah al-Baqarah 2:111-112: The Jews and Christians each claim that none will enter Paradise except those of their own faith. These are their desires. Reply, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Show ˹me˺ your proof if what you say is true.” 112 But no! *Whoever submits themselves to Allah and does good will have their reward with their Lord**. And there will be no fear for them, nor will they grieve.

Therefore only people who believe and are good will have their reward. Christians say that as long as you accept Jesus Christ as your lord and saviour, then you're saved forever and it can't be undone. This is ridiculous, isn't? According to Christianity, a serial child rapist can accept Jesus, rape children, and still be saved because he believed that Jesus died for his sins. Insane.

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>but not once did God just say, "Yo, guys, killing rape victims or owning other people is not okay."

Oh but He has.

Surah al-Baqarah 2:117: Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help],* *and for freeing slaves**;...*

God sees the act of freeing slaves as righteousness. One might ask why does He allow slavery in the first place? God has given us free will.

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> selfish jerk who wants nothing to do with the beings he created.

It's hard to agree to this statement when God has routinely guided humanity through his messengers.

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> Jesus should not have had to die to bring salvation to humanity

This is the teaching of Paul, the real founder of Christianity. Jesus was a Jew; he went to the synagogue. He did not create his own church. Only in Paul's letters, known as the Pauline epistles that were made canon in the new testament, do we start to see the teachings that Jesus was a sacrifice. Jesus never said "I am come to be crucified as the saviour of humanity". Jesus preached the same thing that all other prophets before him preached; there is only one god.

Mark 12:29-31: “The most important one (commandment),” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these**.”

This would have been a good time to mention that he's come to redeem humanity if that were the case.