The bible is given a bad rap because people take things out of context or don’t go back to the original language of the bible. For example much of the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, within the Hebrew language there is a little thing called a permissive verb. So, much of the cruelty that can be found in the Old Testament is not in the causative sense, but in the permissive sense.

Someone then might argue if God is a good God then why did He allow such cruelty? Well the answer is this; When God created the earth he gave authority over it to man, He established man as the god of this world. He gave it to man and the gifts and callings of God are without repentance. That is He will not take them back, even if we screw up what He has given us. So, man as the god of this world began taking dominion over it, naming the animals etc; but then man rebelled against God’s rule over them by listening and heading the word of God’s enemy Lucifer, Satan, that old serpent called the devil. When he obeyed satan’s voice over God’s voice, man became satan’s servant. “To whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey”. (Rom 6) So, now man became satan’s servant and all of man’s authority was now in the hands of an outlaw, a malevolent, cursed being filled with nothing but hate. This is how death and decay entered into the earth. Every evil thing that has since come into the earth is because of satan’s rule through his servant man.

So, God allows certain things to happen because He’s not in control, man his under ruler is and when that man is guided by an evil being then evil is brought about in the earth.

So, don’t accuse God of the bad things that are happening, but look to evil men who wax worse and worse.

But take heart, God did not give this planet to man on a permanent basis, but on lease and will one day return to restore order and to rule all nations. And of His government they shall be no end.