God and Absolute Morality

Contrary to the common conception of the Abrahamic god as being purely good, the Bible actually makes it clear, in quite explicit terms, that he is the creator of both good and evil and that he will use both to achieve his goals (1 Samuel 16:14, Isaiah 45:7, etc.). Now, the common presumption is that his overall goal is the greater good, but clearly this cannot be if he uses evil in its pursuit. If we look at his practices throughout the Bible, the only other goal he seems to be pursuing is the ensurance that the Israelites worship and obey him -- it is really not a point of contention that he has this goal, but there are some unsettling implications to it when his essential morality is called into question.

If God is purely good, then devotion to and obedience of him can be regarded as devotion to and obedience of the concept of "Good", which would, of course, be a good thing to do and a good thing to ask of Israel. However, as established above, God is not purely good. This means that his demands for worship are not so much demands to be good as they are demands to be obedient to all things he does, good and evil. This cannot possibly be regarded as an essentially good thing, and is therefore just a form of tyranny. Furthermore, the indiscriminate use of good or evil means to a selfish end is itself quite evil, and this is the central behavior of the god of the Bible.

Thus, if the Bible is perfectly true and accurate, then God is evil. Seeing as how he hasn't killed us all yet, he's probably not evil -- it's more likely that the Bible has some falsities.