I've said elsewhere on this forum that if Jesus turns out to be real, he is the least fit being in the universe to sit in judgment of anyone.
If it turns out Christianity is true, than it means that Jesus watched over our world and witnessed his followers killing, torturing and otherwise persecuting in his name. It means he watched his followers stand in the way of every form of sociological and technological progress, thereby indirectly causing needless suffering. He watched as charlatans got rich off the most vulnerable. He stood by and saw all this and did nothing.
Forget the "free will" of miscreants who victimize others for their own reasons. Forget the suffering cause by natural catastrophe. Forget all the good that might have come from some basic admonishments against slavery, in favor of equality and distribution of real knowledge about hygiene and disease (rather than illness being caused by sin and demons) when Jesus walked the earth and preached his message. Forget all that and consider only the tacit approval of all the bloodshed, terror and misery promoted in his name.
It is he who should beg our forgiveness. Not the other way around.
If it turns out Christianity is true, than it means that Jesus watched over our world and witnessed his followers killing, torturing and otherwise persecuting in his name. It means he watched his followers stand in the way of every form of sociological and technological progress, thereby indirectly causing needless suffering. He watched as charlatans got rich off the most vulnerable. He stood by and saw all this and did nothing.
Forget the "free will" of miscreants who victimize others for their own reasons. Forget the suffering cause by natural catastrophe. Forget all the good that might have come from some basic admonishments against slavery, in favor of equality and distribution of real knowledge about hygiene and disease (rather than illness being caused by sin and demons) when Jesus walked the earth and preached his message. Forget all that and consider only the tacit approval of all the bloodshed, terror and misery promoted in his name.
It is he who should beg our forgiveness. Not the other way around.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
