It is difficult for someone to access or understand God, who is omniscient and omnipresent, which is by nature incomprehensible. It is much easier to formulate and worship a God from our own understandings.
Jealousy, for example, can only be comprehended by our own understanding of the concept. The way we understand jealousy is that it is sinful- as in Exodus 20:17, when we are commanded to not to covet a man’s possessions or wife. If we are jealous of something, it is not only wrong by modern views, but it is wrong to God. Naturally, when we read in Exodus 34 that God is a jealous God, there is confusion. Our concept that jealousy is sinful is challenged- if it is sinful, how can it be a name of God? So what do we do then? The unfortunate path that you have taken is simply to create a God that you can understand. ‘Love’ is a much prettier word than ‘jealous’ so why not remove jealous from a list of God’s attributes? This is easier than seeking out the truth of God.
If you had taken another step in comprehension, you would have seen the reasoning behind God’s jealousy was love all along. God loves you so much that he is jealous of you worshiping another god. Not seeking this understanding, or any understanding of who God is, but rather formulating a new god to worship hampers the ability for you to see the true love from God that you are seeking.
And there are other "Christian" attributes that I have issues with--wrath, for instance, telling us that the Christian God loses his temper and starts nukeing, or sovereignty meaning that he controls everything like he is scared of things getting out of his control. Not sure I'm interested in this kind of God.
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The attributes of God by nature are more complex than you or I could understand. Only by an unbias study of the Bible, and a close relationship with God can we even begin to appreciate the attributes of God. This is guaranateed to be a better path than picking and choosing attributes that are amicable.
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