(September 14, 2017 at 10:36 am)Huggy74 Wrote:(September 13, 2017 at 1:59 pm)Secular Elf Wrote: The all powerful Judeo-Christian god, the ancient Canaanite war god, the supposed creator of the universe, did not lift one finger to save nine people in a church, IN A CHURCH, HIS CHURCH, from a white racist asshole. There is some evidence for you. What is one to think? Either this supposed being does not exist, or it is a monster, or a racist, or both.
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? - Romans 8:32
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. - Psalm 116:15
"graciously give us all things?" -- One of the underpinnings of the "prosperity gospel" preachers. Funny how THEY get rich, but their followers do not. And then there are the millions of poor xtian children around the world who pray every day not to be "given all things" - - just, maybe, something to eat?? Interesting that the prayers do not work.
And then there is the Psalm 116 monstrosity. Born from an era where watching people die was commonplace. Born from martyrdom. Born from desperate efforts to deal with death. Oh how many times I have heard "it was a blessing, ____ is now in paradise, with the Lord". It's really very sick when -- let's say a depressed teenager -- takes that to heart and prays to be murdered by a wackjob so they can escape life on this earth and just "go to be with the lord". It's really very sick when people treat murder as a cause for celebration. And it's a deflection -- these people believe that god CAN protect them, but god never does, so it all must have been god's will. He's not a monster, he has reasons for taking ___ home. Dying for an imaginary friend to take you to a place that doesn't exist. These beliefs and behaviors really should be listed as a mental illness.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
