God is Good -- Oh, Really?

It is unsettling how often we can look at the God of the Bible and see that God is not very good at all. That God seems to relish in killing off entire nations or punishing individuals by some slow, torturous means like stoning. Even the New Testament God would offer a human sacrifice (his own son) to save people from his own condemnation! Are these the hallmarks of a good God? Sorry, but I don't…