Actually the story of Noah's Ark played a part in my de-conversion.
I had heard and read various objections that atheists had towards the bible, and I desperately wanted to defend god's word, so I began a deeper study.
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
I remember this particular verse hitting me hard. After god has killed every living thing on the planet, then he says, "Ok maybe I should've thought this through".
A truth suddenly struck me - God knows the future, hence Revelations. If that's the case, then he knew ahead of time, that after the flood, he would decide to "never again smite every living thing".
Yet knowing this, he still went ahead and destroyed every living thing? At first, I tried to find an alternative answer to my own question, but there was just no excuse for this. God carried out this genocide anyway. Once the truth of this really set in, I began seeing many other bible stories in a different light.
Once I found this contradiction, the others became easier to see.
I had heard and read various objections that atheists had towards the bible, and I desperately wanted to defend god's word, so I began a deeper study.
Genesis 8:21
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
I remember this particular verse hitting me hard. After god has killed every living thing on the planet, then he says, "Ok maybe I should've thought this through".
A truth suddenly struck me - God knows the future, hence Revelations. If that's the case, then he knew ahead of time, that after the flood, he would decide to "never again smite every living thing".
Yet knowing this, he still went ahead and destroyed every living thing? At first, I tried to find an alternative answer to my own question, but there was just no excuse for this. God carried out this genocide anyway. Once the truth of this really set in, I began seeing many other bible stories in a different light.
Once I found this contradiction, the others became easier to see.