Contrast with pagan gods: biblical wrath is moral, pagan wrath is capricious
Mike draws a contrast between the God of Scripture and ancient pagan deities.
In pagan mythology, gods destroy humanity out of irritation (e.g., the world is noisy). In Genesis, God floods the world because human wickedness had become total — every thought of the heart was only evil continually. Critics who ignore this biblical framing are actually projecting a pagan framework onto the biblical God. Leon Morris reiterates: God is not capriciously angry like pagan deities but responds as a moral being to wrongdoing.
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