(March 11, 2012 at 11:40 pm)padraic Wrote: True enough. But a lot of them were complete cunts, not just YHWH, who was originally a minor Sumerian desert god (with his wife Asheroth)
The Greek gods could be REALLY nasty,and the Norse pantheon was no better--I won't even START on those meso-American arsehoels.
To believe in a personal god and square that with a life of hardship and seemingly random disasters will be prone to create a capricious and angry god in all cultures.
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
