Why do so many think God is all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-loving?

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The God of the Old Testament is a psychopath.

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Is God so powerful that He can stand at the equator and throw a baseball so hard and so fast that it circles the world and hits Him on the back of His head?

I believe that not only can God do that, but that it happened and that this explains the difference between the G_d of the Old Testament and the God of the New Testament.

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Beer, putting faith and personal stuff aside, the entire reason to believe in a God/higher intelligence/whatever you want to call it is to explain reality.  For the vast majority of people, the Universe creating itself out of nothing isn't a satisfying explanation.  A God that didn't create our physical reality (and therefore not outside of time and space) isn't any more satisfying.

Personally I think it is.