Just something I was thinking about, many of the wars mentioned in the bible were almost forced by outside situations by the neighboring nations. Okay, lets say that once Joshua crossed the Jordan river (or before), he decides not to conquer the Canaanites (sorry if I mispronounced it). Their choices are: go back to Egypt (and experience torture and slavery), live alongside them (and either get conquered or have their culture even more lost than it was after they conquered and started worshipping the idols), or go someplace else (not a real option since the surrounding area is desert). The only option was to kill inocents as you say. the same can be seen throughout the rest of the Bible. About God being arrogant, I really cannot completely deny that, after all he created every single thing there is and thus he deserves some glory. However, he does help out many people, especially those who believe in them. And even if their situation does not improve, I have seen sick or poor chistians happier than most other people. They never seem troubled and they are quite at peace. They see most things in a positive sight, even going as far as calling the death of a loved one "the party in heaven because the deceased is going back home". I will not deny there are muslims, hindus, theists, atheists and even satanists that are also happy and often at peace, but I have seen more good people coming from chistianity than any other belief or disbelief (the only reason why christians are seen as annoying is because of that vocal and extremist group that does not seem to know the difference between being good and insanity. The Bible has bad human characteristhics? Yes it does, but anything has bad characteristhics. Vedas have them, the eightfold path has them, the Quran has them, the bible has them, you have them, I have them, everything has them. And I will be the first to admit that God is jealous and has a lot of wrath, but this is mostly justified as he and Sin cannot be together, and thus sin leads to these two characteristhics of god. It is just like a father punishing his son or a jealous lover (when that lover has a reason). As for the hell part, God hates hell, but it is necessary. If he and sin cannot coexist, he cannot let people who did not repent get a free pass to heaven. It would be unfair who those who truly follow him. And as for those who never hear about him, or the little children, including the aborted ones, go to heaven. And yes, priests do not have the right to have as much authority as they sometimes claim to have. So I disagree, but I do see where you are coming from. I am christian, and I stand firm on my decision as he has done many things for me, from big ones such as the death on the cross, to small ones like helping me on my studies or when I win a League of Legends match (yes, I thank him for that XD ) but I can see why you hate christianity.