I have yet to see any semblance of a credible argument refuting the objections of Epicurus on the morality of such a claimed being.
The god character as depicted in the bible is not moral in the slightest. He is a selfish narcissist using human beings as pawns for his own glory. He uses a very dictatorial mafia tactic of bribes and threats to get people in line. He acts like an abusive spouse who beats you "for your own good" and his "punishment" is not corrective, but an act of revenge.
I cannot stress this undervalued book enough because it explains why morality is a product of biological evolution, "The New Atheism" by Victor Stenger. It address all the worlds major religions and the common empathy motifs in each of them, such as giving, and charity, and kindness. Religion takes nature and makes it an invention of comic book clubs. It is an unfortunate product of evolution.
But all labels aside, the concept of an "omni" god is broken and cannot work , scientifically and much less morally. It is merely a reflection of our species infantile cry for the mother's nipple. We evolved to want protection and resources. But we made up myths and superstitions in order to ignore that we are in reality finite and not the product of any type of invisible being.
The god character as depicted in the bible is not moral in the slightest. He is a selfish narcissist using human beings as pawns for his own glory. He uses a very dictatorial mafia tactic of bribes and threats to get people in line. He acts like an abusive spouse who beats you "for your own good" and his "punishment" is not corrective, but an act of revenge.
I cannot stress this undervalued book enough because it explains why morality is a product of biological evolution, "The New Atheism" by Victor Stenger. It address all the worlds major religions and the common empathy motifs in each of them, such as giving, and charity, and kindness. Religion takes nature and makes it an invention of comic book clubs. It is an unfortunate product of evolution.
But all labels aside, the concept of an "omni" god is broken and cannot work , scientifically and much less morally. It is merely a reflection of our species infantile cry for the mother's nipple. We evolved to want protection and resources. But we made up myths and superstitions in order to ignore that we are in reality finite and not the product of any type of invisible being.
