RE: Why I'm still not a Christian.
February 28, 2015 at 5:46 pm
(This post was last modified: February 28, 2015 at 5:50 pm by Simon Moon.)
I am not a Christian, because there is just nothing to support any of the supernatural and god claims.
But even if I was sure the god of the Bible exists, I would still not be a Christian because I find that god to be an immoral tyrant. The concept of 'substitutionary atonement' is immoral, and being a blood sacrifice even more so.
I would never want to worship a god that made one blunder after another, and the only way he could think of a way around his own mistakes is to sacrifice himself to himself, as a loophole for his own rules. And then punish anyone who isn't gullible enough to fall for any of it.
The only good thing about the god of the Bible is he almost assuredly does not exist.
*There, I fixed it for myself.
But even if I was sure the god of the Bible exists, I would still not be a Christian because I find that god to be an immoral tyrant. The concept of 'substitutionary atonement' is immoral, and being a blood sacrifice even more so.
I would never want to worship a god that made one blunder after another, and the only way he could think of a way around his own mistakes is to sacrifice himself to himself, as a loophole for his own rules. And then punish anyone who isn't gullible enough to fall for any of it.
The only good thing about the god of the Bible is he almost assuredly does not exist.
*There, I fixed it for myself.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
