For the witch hunters.

Lets not confuse the acts of man with Gods. Those were act made by man, although supposedly in God's name, not by God. This was sprung forth by fear. Fear did not come from god, For he did not give us a spirit of fear. Although the laws of the old testiment commanded they put to death, the trial was not actually openminded and the fears of man caused this. I think we need to remember this when we are talking about God because we seem to tie our own behavior as what God wanted, which is usually wrong.

The Arc

I agree that the arc has not been proven to exist. That which they believe may be the arc cannot be backed up. One of the more interesting artifacts in my opinion is the Shroud of Toren. Ever sensible test has shown it to be authenic and even the carbon dating when redone considering they event that have happened to the shroud throughout its life dated it to the time of Jesus. Also the image was burned into the fabric by what appeared to be radiation creating a negative image. although there were traces of paint found, it was more of a residual dust and was in no way part of the image. It has blood stains on it and the image showed sign of wound that matched those of Christ's in the bible and other historical documents. I find this truely amazing.

About a jeaslous God

I'm not sure I can explain this so that it can be understood, but I'll try anyway. Lets start with sin though.

this is from dictionary.com
sin1 (sn)
n.

1.A transgression of a religious or moral law, especially when deliberate.
2.Theology.
A.Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
2.A condition of estrangement from God resulting from
such disobedience.
3.Something regarded as being shameful, deplorable, or utterly wrong. See Synonyms at offense.

All our pretty close, but the definition most commonly used for biblical purposes is 2 A, atleast from my understanding. In this case, God can not sin. God has given us emotions and feelings to be like him and understand him better in some small way. If you are a parrent, when you are a child and he show some higher disire to be with some one else parent, wouldn't you be a bit jealous to some degree. Now imagine that you are willing to give this child everything he need or wants and he chooses another noexistent parent. I would be really hurt and jealous by this as a parent.

Noah and the flood

Yes God did wipe out almost all of man kind, But mankind was tainted at this point. Let look at genesis chapter 6 from NLT


1 When the human population began to grow rapidly on the earth, 2 the sons of God saw the beautiful women of the human race and took any they wanted as their wives.

3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, they will live no more than 120 years."

4 In those days, and even afterward, giants F24 lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with human women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes mentioned in legends of old. 5 Now the LORD observed the extent of the people's wickedness, and he saw that all their thoughts were consistently and totally evil.

6 So the LORD was sorry he had ever made them. It broke his heart. 7 And the LORD said, "I will completely wipe out this human race that I have created. Yes, and I will destroy all the animals and birds, too. I am sorry I ever made them."

8 But Noah found favor with the LORD. 9 This is the history of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless man living on earth at the time. He consistently followed God's will and enjoyed a close relationship with him. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

11 Now the earth had become corrupt in God's sight, and it was filled with violence. 12 God observed all this corruption in the world, and he saw violence and depravity everywhere.

13 So God said to Noah, "I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Yes, I will wipe them all from the face of the earth! 14 "Make a boat F25 from resinous wood and seal it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior. 15 Make it 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. F26 16 Construct an opening all the way around the boat, 18 inches F27 below the roof. Then put three decks inside the boat – bottom, middle, and upper – and put a door in the side. 17 "Look! I am about to cover the earth with a flood that will destroy every living thing. Everything on earth will die! 18 But I solemnly swear to keep you safe in the boat, with your wife and your sons and their wives. 19 Bring a pair of every kind of animal – a male and a female – into the boat with you to keep them alive during the flood. 20 Pairs of each kind of bird and each kind of animal, large and small alike, will come to you to be kept alive. 21 And remember, take enough food for your family and for all the animals."

22 So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.

In verse 7 he said mankind is totally wicked.
in chapter 8 it say Noah found favor with God, which would mean,atleast to me, noah must be doing something right in God's eyes. Also in verse 4 it talks about the Sons of God sleeping with human women and this greated the giants of the myths and legend. Now the angels of God are loyal and obey him so they can't be the sons of god, all that is left are sainten and the fallen angels who follow him. So mankind is tainted by genetic line of evil along with there immorality. I think noah was the only pure genetic line for humans. And to remove the wickedness and clean up the human race, God had to destoy them all.

Does that help at all or make any sense of it?