RE: My honest reason for disliking the idea of God
November 24, 2016 at 11:53 pm
(This post was last modified: November 24, 2016 at 11:56 pm by Astreja.)
I do not hate all god-concepts. I do, however, have an insurmountable problem with the god of Christianity.
First of all, the idea of Jesus-as-sacrifice-for-sins is morally ghastly. The whole thing stinks of a rigged game run by a loan shark, causing humans to become so deeply indebted that it is impossible for them to put things right on their own. Instead, in order to avoid eternal torture, we're expected to accept the sacrifice and let someone else suffer in our place for things that should not even be crimes.
Secondly, I cannot love or respect a deity that would allow a place of eternal torture to exist. The hell myth is a deal-breaker. If hell exists, I choose to spend eternity with whoever else is imprisoned there, rather than with the entity that is keeping them imprisoned. Furthermore, I can't trust such a god to keep its word on anything.
Finally, the Christian insistence on faith is a complete non-starter. My brain simply cannot fool itself into belief, making religious faith unattainable.
First of all, the idea of Jesus-as-sacrifice-for-sins is morally ghastly. The whole thing stinks of a rigged game run by a loan shark, causing humans to become so deeply indebted that it is impossible for them to put things right on their own. Instead, in order to avoid eternal torture, we're expected to accept the sacrifice and let someone else suffer in our place for things that should not even be crimes.
Secondly, I cannot love or respect a deity that would allow a place of eternal torture to exist. The hell myth is a deal-breaker. If hell exists, I choose to spend eternity with whoever else is imprisoned there, rather than with the entity that is keeping them imprisoned. Furthermore, I can't trust such a god to keep its word on anything.
Finally, the Christian insistence on faith is a complete non-starter. My brain simply cannot fool itself into belief, making religious faith unattainable.
