Have you ever really thought about it?
Theologians love telling us that God is good and Satan is evil. But if you use the Bible as a record of good and evil, what do you see?
When you get beyond the expulsion from Eden (not a very loving, forgiving thing on God's behalf...), you find a God that loves destroying. The flood... genocide on a global scale. Sodom and Gomorra... still genocide, but on a smaller scale.
When the Israelites were led out of Egypt (a story I have trouble swallowing), God says he should kill the whole lot and start over with Moses. God does that repeatedly.
Then there's the little matter of those 10 Commandments. Of special importance is "Thou shalt not kill". Okay. So people shouldn't kill each other. But what about all of those times God orders "his people" to go kill? And how many of the commandments Moses was given resulted in one or more people being bludgeoned to death with rocks?
Anyway, that's what I think. What do you guys think?
saturngoat posted on Jun 18, 2006
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LtCmdrWorf1 said on Jun 20, 2006....
Our morality is not for God. God has given us rules to live by as Humans. That which cannot be comprehended cannot be dictated to. God does what God must, and we will probably never understand why. You should read some of my posts. Beleive it or not I agree with some of wht you say. Worf -
TheNakedProfessor said on Jun 22, 2006....
The Bible is an anthology book, fable, fact and fiction all mixed together. A sign of modern insanity is to settle for whatever a book has to say, then rationalize it with some allusion to "blind faith." That's called "surrendering." Giving up just because you don't have the time, intellect or inclination to devote thought to the most significant issues of life and would rather leave the thinking to "them" doesn't mean you're getting eternal life or (even more pompous) "heaven." It means you're gambling. For a picture of God that makes sense, see my blog on the subject, called BECOMING GOD. Look me up on SoulCast. - TheNakedProfessor -
saturngoat said on Jun 24, 2006....
Well, the truth be told, my roommate had it right about God. When I told him about this blog, he said, "Lead by example, not by words." This whole "Do as I say, not as I do" seems too beneath a deity that's supposed to be perfect. God's example hasn't been... well... the idealized perfection us humans have been taught about. In the OT, God acts more like a petulant child throwing a tantrum. "You didn't do whant I told you to do! DIE!" If you think about it, the whole thing is just a heaping feast of hypocrisy. Some examples of the hypocrisy: * God can judge us, but we can't judge Him or anyone else... * God can commit mass genocide and order us to murder each other, but we can't commit this atrocity of our own volition... * We're supposed to obey His laws, but He doesn't obey His own... * He doesn't want us lying, but He lied to Adam and Eve about that darned apple ("You'll die if you eat it.") Now, I know that the alleged "Word of God" was actually written by people and is therefore utterly flawed. But there are still many people out there that believe the Bible is the ultimate truth. So I'm basically putting God on trial based on what is attributed as "His Word". -
SeanRenaud said on Aug 25, 2006....
That is a really nice essay. I might have to go and start working a set of blogs evidencing that God is actually evil by our modern standards.
If you or any of the other people reading this get a chance check out my own blog on Satan entitled The devil isn't evil.
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