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Labret is right, that whole "God is Love" thing is a touchy-feely 20th century thing.
The God in the bible is vengeful and meant to be feared - hence the term God-fearing.
Also in that "I am Alpha and Omega..." speech he says he is all things and all things are created by him - good and evil. The whole idea that Satan was running around creating evil was developed much later because people didn't want God to be the heavy. Even if you reject that, you have to realize that God created Satan knowing exactly what he'd do and would become - thus all things evil are created by God.
As a disclaimer, I'm an athiest - I'm just fascinated by religions.
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