Ethical score profile
This assessment does not reduce the subject to one moral
ranking. Each dimension is scored separately from −100 to
+100 and must be read with its evidence and uncertainty.
Scorecard status:
Recalculated under multidimensional system
- Personal moral conduct
-
-10.0
Plausible range:
-25.0
to
+5.0
- Rights and dignity
-
-62.5
Plausible range:
-77.5
to
-47.5
- Nonviolence and harm
-
-85.0
Plausible range:
-100.0
to
-70.0
- Stewardship of power
-
-75.0
Plausible range:
-90.0
to
-60.0
- Wisdom and truthfulness
-
-27.7
Plausible range:
-42.7
to
-12.7
- Consequential legacy
-
-25.0
Plausible range:
-40.0
to
-10.0
- Severe-harm record
- No separate finding recorded
- Evidence confidence
- C — moderate
Scope of assessment
Scriptural-and-doctrinal portrayal assessment. This assessment evaluates the Christian God across the Hebrew Bible and New Testament together with classical Trinitarian doctrine, which treats both Testaments as one divine revelation. This assessment does not determine whether the deity exists. If such a deity exists, the score concerns the moral character attributed to that being by the assessed texts and doctrine. If no such deity exists, the score concerns the ethical character and likely human consequences of the portrayal. The portrayal contains teachings on love, forgiveness, charity, mercy and reconciliation. It also attributes to God commands or approval involving extermination, killing of children and other non-combatants, collective punishment, conquest, forced labour, slavery, absolute obedience, exclusivist salvation and everlasting punishment.
The score evaluates documented public conduct during the stated period. It does not measure inherent human worth, does not constitute a legal verdict and remains open to correction when stronger evidence becomes available.
Reasoned conclusion
Teachings on love, mercy and charity deserve positive recognition, but they do not outweigh attributed mass killing, killing of children, collective punishment, slavery, coercive authority and everlasting torment. The overall portrayal is therefore assessed as substantially ethically negative. This assessment does not determine whether the deity exists. If such a deity exists, the score concerns the moral character attributed to that being by the assessed texts and doctrine. If no such deity exists, the score concerns the ethical character and likely human consequences of the portrayal.
This assessment presents six separate ethical dimensions rather than one overall moral score. Each result must be read with its evidence, plausible range, confidence, disputes, exclusions, severe-harm findings and sources.
Ethical-domain scores
| Domain |
Score |
Intensity |
Confidence |
| Consequences |
+10.0 |
10.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Rights and duties |
-60.0 |
60.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Virtue and character |
-85.0 |
85.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Intentions |
-30.0 |
30.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Care |
-75.0 |
75.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Justice |
-65.0 |
65.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Wisdom and judgment |
-25.0 |
25.0
|
C — moderate
|
| Baseline ethics |
-60.0 |
60.0
|
C — moderate
|
Bipolar ethical variables
| Positive pole |
Negative pole |
Score |
Intensity |
Confidence |
Reasoning |
| Human dignity |
Dehumanisation |
-60.0 |
60.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Human dignity and Dehumanisation. |
| Care |
Neglect |
-75.0 |
75.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Care and Neglect. |
| Benefit |
Harm |
+10.0 |
10.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Benefit and Harm. |
| Benevolent intention |
Malicious intention |
-30.0 |
30.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Benevolent intention and Malicious intention. |
| Justice |
Injustice |
-65.0 |
65.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Justice and Injustice. |
| Respect for rights |
Violation of rights |
-60.0 |
60.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Respect for rights and Violation of rights. |
| Integrity |
Corruption |
-85.0 |
85.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Integrity and Corruption. |
| Prudence |
Recklessness |
-25.0 |
25.0
|
C — moderate
|
Calculated from 1 reviewed evidence item(s) concerning Prudence and Recklessness. |
Principal positive evidence
The portrayal contains substantial teachings on love, mercy, forgiveness, charity, reconciliation and care for vulnerable people.
Principal negative evidence
The same unified portrayal attributes to God extermination commands, the killing of infants and civilians, destruction of populations, collective punishment, conquest, forced labour, slavery, absolute authority and everlasting punishment. These are severe ethical harms that cannot be omitted by considering only selected New Testament passages.
Evidence considered
EDH-C1
Compassionate teaching coexists with extreme cruelty
Teachings on love, mercy and charity are substantial, but they coexist with attributed extermination, killing of children, slavery and everlasting punishment.
- Ethical axis
-
Benefit ↔ Harm
- Ethical direction
- Positive pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Hebrew Bible, New Testament and classical Trinitarian doctrine
- Affected scope
- Pakistan and international humanitarian relief
EDH-R1
Slavery, forced labour and unequal human worth
The portrayal permits forced labour, ownership of human beings, unequal treatment of captives and destruction of people according to group identity.
- Ethical axis
-
Respect for rights ↔ Violation of rights
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Hebrew Bible, New Testament and classical Trinitarian doctrine
- Affected scope
- Pakistan and international humanitarian relief
EDH-V1
Extermination and killing of non-combatants
The texts attribute to God commands or approval to destroy populations and kill men, women, children, infants and animals.
- Ethical axis
-
Integrity ↔ Corruption
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Hebrew Bible, New Testament and classical Trinitarian doctrine
- Affected scope
- Pakistan and international humanitarian relief
EDH-I1
Divine command overrides independent moral scrutiny
Conduct ordinarily condemned as murder, enslavement or collective punishment is portrayed as righteous when authorised by divine command.
- Ethical axis
-
Benevolent intention ↔ Malicious intention
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Hebrew Bible, New Testament and classical Trinitarian doctrine
- Affected scope
- Pakistan and international humanitarian relief
EDH-CA1
Collective, inherited and everlasting punishment
Whole populations suffer for group identity or leaders' conduct, while New Testament judgment includes punishment presented as everlasting.
- Ethical axis
-
Care ↔ Neglect
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Hebrew Bible, New Testament and classical Trinitarian doctrine
- Affected scope
- Pakistan and international humanitarian relief
EDH-J1
Punishment is frequently disproportionate
Killing children, destroying entire communities and inflicting everlasting punishment conflict with individual, proportionate and reparative justice.
- Ethical axis
-
Justice ↔ Injustice
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Hebrew Bible, New Testament and classical Trinitarian doctrine
- Affected scope
- Pakistan and international humanitarian relief
EDH-W1
Moral insight is undermined by obedience-based ethics
Valuable teachings on love and forgiveness coexist with a model in which divine authority can make severe harm morally obligatory.
- Ethical axis
-
Prudence ↔ Recklessness
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Hebrew Bible, New Testament and classical Trinitarian doctrine
- Affected scope
- Pakistan and international humanitarian relief
EDH-B1
Claimed benevolence conflicts with attributed conduct
Claims of perfect love and goodness are substantially contradicted by extermination, slavery, collective punishment and everlasting torment.
- Ethical axis
-
Human dignity ↔ Dehumanisation
- Ethical direction
- Negative pole
- Evidence status
- Verified
- Period
- Hebrew Bible, New Testament and classical Trinitarian doctrine
- Affected scope
- Pakistan and international humanitarian relief
Disputed claims
This assessment evaluates the portrayal of God in the New Testament together with classical Trinitarian Christian doctrine. It is not a verdict on God's existence and does not transfer the conduct of Christian institutions to the deity. The portrayal centres love, forgiveness, human dignity, charity and reconciliation, but also includes eternal judgment, exclusivist salvation claims and absolute authority.
Excluded claims
This assessment evaluates the portrayal of God in the New Testament together with classical Trinitarian Christian doctrine. It is not a verdict on God's existence and does not transfer the conduct of Christian institutions to the deity. The portrayal centres love, forgiveness, human dignity, charity and reconciliation, but also includes eternal judgment, exclusivist salvation claims and absolute authority.
Sources
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1 Samuel 15:2–3
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-B1;
Supports the evidence item.
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Matthew 25:41–46 and Revelation 20:10–15
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-B1;
Supports the evidence item.
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Matthew 5:43–48
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-B1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
-
1 Samuel 15:2–3
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-C1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
-
Matthew 25:41–46 and Revelation 20:10–15
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-C1;
Supports the evidence item.
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Matthew 5:43–48
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-C1;
Supports the evidence item.
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1 Chronicles 21:13–15
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-CA1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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1 Samuel 15:2–3
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-CA1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Matthew 25:41–46 and Revelation 20:10–15
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-CA1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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1 Samuel 15:2–3
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-I1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Critical index of violent and coercive biblical passages
— EvilBible.com
(Critical secondary index; accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-I1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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The Unity of the Old and New Testaments
— The Holy See
(Catechism of the Catholic Church)
Evidence item EDH-I1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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1 Chronicles 21:13–15
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-J1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Joshua 6:19–21
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-J1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Matthew 25:41–46 and Revelation 20:10–15
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-J1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Deuteronomy 20:10–18
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-R1;
Supports the evidence item.
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Exodus 21:2–11
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-R1;
Supports the evidence item.
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Numbers 31:17–18
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-R1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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1 Chronicles 21:13–15
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-V1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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1 Samuel 15:2–3
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-V1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Deuteronomy 20:10–18
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-V1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Joshua 6:19–21
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-V1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Deuteronomy 20:10–18
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-W1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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Matthew 5:43–48
— Bible Gateway
(Biblical text; online edition accessed 2026)
Evidence item EDH-W1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
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The Unity of the Old and New Testaments
— The Holy See
(Catechism of the Catholic Church)
Evidence item EDH-W1;
Supports the evidence item.
View source
Correction history
No corrections have been recorded.
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