How does that reconcile with the God of love
Perhaps a person might consider that in trying to reconcile a God of love with contradictions found in the Bible and the evil that exists in the world, ----
One could ask himself; is it possible that "I" am starting off with a false premise that forms the basis of my argument?
Since the premise or assumption is not correct, the conclusion drawn will always be in error.
Here’s a good example I found in wiki that makes the point.
{“Consider this example which involves an obvious false premise:
· If the streets are wet, it has rained recently. (premise)
· The streets are wet. (premise)
· Therefore it has rained recently. (conclusion)
This argument is logically valid, but completely wrong because its first premise to begin with is completely false - one could hose down the streets, the local river could have flooded, etc.”}
There are some things in the Bible that have a ring of truth, but just because some things have a ring of truth, does not prove the Bible is inspired of God?
Perhaps we are assuming that it is the word of God because “Many” people “Say” it is the word of God.
For thousands of years “Many people” believed the Sun revolved around the Earth. And there was undeniable proof. All you had to do was sit in a chair all day and watch the Sun move from East to West with your own eyes. No one could deny the Sun was moving and the Earth was stationary. But now we know better.
No one has all the answers about evil, God, and the afterlife. Everyone has a piece of the puzzle but no one has the entire puzzle.
But if you start seeing that Perhaps the Bible is not inspired of God, then it allows a person to see that some of the stories in the Bible "may be" historically true, others stories may be distorted in one way or another, and others just plain false.
The Bible does not have our name on it, it was not address to us. We are actually reading someone's else's mail.