A common source of errors when it comes to biblical interpretation, is the relationship between the old and the new testament. Most people put them on equal footing, including christians, not all but many The new supersedes the old. What that means is that, what isn't contradicted by the new in the old, remains valid. That's what makes the fundamental difference between christians and jews Now regarding god in the old testament, you have sodom and gomorrah. Their inhabitants are a literal bunch of sodomite murderers high as kites 24/7/365, that's how the bible describes them pretty much. Califronia on steroids, the original shitlib stronghold Well he nuked them all ... I don't blame him personally, because well, I admit that's a tempting option, to solve the fucking problem once and for all. If it was up to me I would nuke north africa entirely on a bad day for instance, but I digress God is definitely a "he" for christians, there's no doubt about that btw, the father, the son, the holy spirit, he gets to fuck jesus mother etc, allegedly ... Personally, I think there are two ways to look at that story. One is to say that's literally what happened, god intervened and eradicated the degenerates because "I'm not going to tolerate that shit one minute longer, I haven't created all this just to hand it to a bunch of degenerate fucks. And that's charity btw, because by putting an end to your bullshit I prevent you all from falling even lower and drag the rest with you". I'm caricaturing of course but you get the idea Another way, is to understand that, that's what happens when a society has all the symptoms of sodom and gomorrah, it's the symptoms of civilizational collapse, and the conclusion is always the same. They self destruct