Reply #15: I find it hard to grasp the concept that

[Speck Tater]

a perfect being would be so needy as to "eagerly seek loving relationships". That sounds like a human who puts personal ads on Craig's list.

That's the big problem I have the most version of God; people make Him out to be way too human. Angry, vengeful, needy, selfish, (thou shalt have no other gods before me, OR ELSE!) ...

It seems to me that some mere humans like Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, The Buddha, and The Dalai Lama are more god-like than most people's idea of what God is like; loving, tolerant, forgiving, non-violent, ...

If any human king acted the way God is reported to have acted in the Old Testament, we would condemn him. Shouldn't we expect a higher standard than that from God?

And I still have a hard time taking seriously a God that says I can own Canadians as slaves (Lev. 25:44). The Canadians I know are nice folks, and I don't think capturing them as slaves is the kind of thing a real God would condone. Even most mere humans can see that that is just plain wrong.