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Why does the bible god hold his fallen creatures to a higher moral standard than he himself exhibits?

Love your enemies, bless those who curse you If god is omnipotent(could do away with hell in a heartbeat) and he allows an eternal hell to exist for HIS enemies(nonbelievers and the like); how can a perfect deity hold his own imperfect creation to a higher standard of conduct than he himself is willing to uphold?

Public Comments

1. Because it's all a bunch of bull****.
2. God never said love your enemy, jesus said that........God said to kill your enemy and HE never said to bless those who curse you, again, that was jesus, God said to take no action against them, not to bless them and certainly not to curse them, don't do anything idiots like you are just looking to b*tch abut something, you don't even care if it is right or wrong, you just b*tch
3. 1) Why does the bible god hold his fallen creatures to a higher moral standard than he himself exhibits? He doesn't - of course. Quite the contrary, God *defines* the moral standard. 2) Love your enemies God's only real "enemy" is wickedness (sin). 3) bless those who curse you Maybe you didn't notice, but those who curse God are normally just as blessed - if not more so - as those who praise his name. The bible addresses this specifically. 4) About hell... God is both merciful and just. God is not harmed by people, and people - and their lives - do not belong to us and are not ours to judge. So, when a fellow human "offends" us, we are to forgive them - just as God forgives all of us (and we all sin, so offending him). However, when dealing with God we are dealing with a much higher standard. God is not a sinner and does not *need* to forgive sin in others. He is not dealing with equals when dealing with humans - he is dealing with his creation, and he *knows* the goodness and the wickedness we have - *all* of it. God does not judge humans by what a human sees. God's judgment is just - ours is superficial. SO, if God were ever to run into another all-powerful creator God who is good and just and merciful as he is, the standard that you mention might apply. Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com