God doesn't prevent terrible things because?

[Salnax]

trixiemafia86 said:

Salnax said:
Another thing I don't understand? "Free Will." I like the idea, but I find it to be incompatible with the Bible. Especially Exodus 4:21.

Wow, thanks for the Exodus 4:21. 

In case you were criticizing me for not going into detail:

In Exodus 4:21, God is in the middle of giving Moses his Main Quest to free the Hebrew People. In this verse, God specifically says "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go." In other words, God is artificially altering the Pharaoh's personality in order to make him not liberate the Hebrews.

This is my least favorite verse in the entire Bible. It implies that God mindrapes people into doing exactly what he wants. It suggests that God felt like punishing the Egyptians more than necessary. It means that the Hebrews will actually suffer more from God's chosen method than by another method he could just as easily have taken, etc.

I've rarely been a big fan of the Abrahamic God, but upon rereading that verse a while back, I was utterly convinced that God was the bad guy. Even if there were more proof of his existence, I would not worship him, simply because of my principles.