Does believing in GOD require believing in a GOOD GOD?

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I don't think this is a question about personal beliefs or non-beliefs, so, I won't go there.
There are, & have been many gods. Many gods reflect many cultures & times. Their disparity "seems" to indicate that all gods are created by humans. Depending on one's faith, God can be good, or wrathful or both.
The history of belief is fascinating, & a rich tapestry. There have been many "books" about gods. Are these the words of God, (which god), & just might it be presumptuous to assume anyone could know who any of these gods ARE? If they exist/existed, is it wise to project on them, human concepts?
I believe most people would prefer, & find comfort in believing in a GOOD GOD.
If one believes in God, nothing is "required." I would say no to the first question.
If one believes in a creator, one could not believe in other than the creator created everything. What could be excluded? Where would "it" have come FROM? Yes to your second question.
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It seems to me that the God a person believes in says a lot more about the person than it does about God.

Some people seem to believe in a cranky, vengeful, petulant God.

Others believe in a Big Parent in the Sky God.

Some deny that there is any God at all.

Some say God is Love.

No, I don't think believing in a God requires that it be a good God, although many people insist that all that is good is God, and that all that is evil is a Devil or a Satan.

I think if one specifies that the God is a Creator, then yes, it follows that everything would be the creation of the Creator.

I like dreaming's answer. I think of "God" as "That Which Is."

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It doesn't make sense to talk about whether God is "good" since that presupposes a standard to which God is beholden or that encompases God and nothing can do that, by definition.

As for whether believing in a creator requires believing that everything is his creation, the answer is obviously, no. I create things, so, I'm a creator. I didn't create everything. Q.E.D....Show more

First part: Believing the Bible and believing the truth about God requires you to believe He is good.

Second part: I would say that everything in this world BEGAN with the Creator. That is NOT to say that everything is still exactly as the Creator intended. In fact, I think that scripture clearly indicates that most things in this world are no longer as He made them to be....Show more

That is a very good question. You may want to check out "dysteism". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystheism

Most Neo-Christians believe in a benevolent god who is "fair" and "just". They see him (and Jesus) as a big mushy Santa Claus who would let you eat Chocolate all day if it was not for "The Big Plan".

In both the Original Testament and the New testament the god of Abrahamic never claims to be nice he claims to be right. There is talk about Divine justice and godly justice but not just plain justice.

The Zoroastrians (a religion that heavily influenced Judaism) believed that their was a semi-neutral creator that was not directly involved in human lives, and 2 balance and opposing aspects of Good and Chaos that acted directly on man. The Good god was NOT the creator.

In Judaism (from which Christianity gets most of its background) God created everything including evil, suffering, and Lucifer (the Adversary). He is not entirely benevolent and realizes that some people will suffer, and some good people will not get to go to heaven.

Jesus may have said "love thy neighbor as thy self" but he never said that god was good either....Show more