(July 4, 2014 at 9:31 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The typical American adult hates to spend time thinking and would rather avoid it if at all possible. If people actually engaged in some serious thinking about religious matters they would realize that all religions are just con games.
A classic example is the supposed power of faith. The New Testament swears that if a person has faith that he can simply tell trees and mountains to jump at his commands. Now that about that. If such a thing was true why would the writer tell everyone about it? Imagine the chaos with countless people doing all sorts of things. One person would move a mountain and then someone would get mad and throw it back at him. It should be evident that the writer didn't have any faith in what he wrote because he never did tell a mountain to move and have the mountain follow his commands. So just by thinking for less than a minute you can see the obvious lies because they go against basic human nature. If the writer had moved a mountain that way why would he risk other people gaining such power and competing with him? He wouldn't. He would keep the secret for himself.
The Old Testament has a lot of faults but it's more realistic than the New Testament. Sure you have the genocides and racism and cruelty and vicious threats but it's skimpy on wild and unrealistic promises. It tends to stick to the "Obey or I'll kick your ass" philosophy.
The New Testament is loaded with outrageous promises, as well as some nasty threats. The New Testament hasn't delivered on its wild promises and its threats are empty rants.
Think for yourself and you might reach a similar conclusion. Of course you can always stick your finger in a live electric socket to stop from thinking.
Looks like you don't understand hyperbole.
