(July 24, 2011 at 4:04 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote:(July 24, 2011 at 3:44 pm)GodIsRealOrNothingMakesSince Wrote: ...i think you just have anger towards God and don't want there to be a God.
This is a silly little statement I have heard many times from Christians. First off, it is impossible to be mad at something you don't believe exists. Second, atheists don't believe there to be a god, as in Yahweh your Christian god, because he has all the shortcomings of a jealous, vengeful, and psychopathic, meth-head which is wholly inconsistent with the concept of a deity. It's not that we don't want to believe in your god, but we can't believe in your god because of all these qualities.
You have God totalllllyyyy off. God IS love. You don't understand God at all. Try reading the New testament. Jesus' whole message is a message of humbleness and service and the love of God and to show that you can have an intimate personal relationship with God. Yes God is a jealous God but he sees us as though we are his bride because he loves us and we are cheating on him with other gods. Read the book of Hosea. It talks all about this from the view of God. God is angry with the Israelites for their idol worship and compares them to a cheating spouse and prostitute. You would be jealous too if your wife slept around with many men. God sees it the same way. But he's only jealous because of the intense amount of love for his people.
