The image of God in Psalm 18 is that of a very scary God. The idea of God as a fighter is not seen very frequently in the bible. The Lord is usually portrayed as being very loving, patient and forgiving. I feel that it is problematic for this idea to have been taken from other religions because I feel that it does not match that of the God in the rest of the bible. There are not many instances were the Lord declared full on war on somebody.
It seems that the God in Psalm 18 is angry and destructive. It almost contradicts the image of God through out the rest of the bible. I would not want an angry destructive God that would declare war on his own people. God has become angry in other books of the bible and has destroyed people be he was really portrayed as being extremely destructive. He was compared to a volcano in the way that he got angry and the destruction that he created. I feel that this is not the purpose of a God and it is a very scary thought.
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