I don’t think God’s cruelty in the Bible is evidence that there isn’t any god, but it is evidence against the benevolent, omniscient, personal, omnipotent kind of theism that Christians and Jews would argue for.
Out of the list of adjectives it’s evidence only against the “benevolent” part and that’s really just the old problem of theodicy (why does God permit evil).
If he isn’t omniscient or omnipotent, then it could be some of the bad things he does are the most benevolent that he could do given his limited abilities.
I don’t think God’s cruelty in the Bible is evidence that there isn’t any god, but it is evidence against the benevolent, omniscient, personal, omnipotent kind of theism that Christians and Jews would argue for.
Out of the list of adjectives it’s evidence only against the “benevolent” part and that’s really just the old problem of theodicy (why does God permit evil).
If he isn’t omniscient or omnipotent, then it could be some of the bad things he does are the most benevolent that he could do given his limited abilities.