(March 17, 2015 at 8:57 pm)Chad32 Wrote: "That's just the old testament" always annoys me. It takes up two thirds of your book, and is the first impression we get of your deity. The nice things at the end doesn't wash away all the evil stuff in the beginning and middle parts. Not that the last bit is candy and sunshine all the time either. It's especially egregious when you try to claim Jesus and Yahweh are the same person, so you're not left with the excuse that the guy you're worshiping is a different guy that has to be subservient to the overlord as much as you do. The "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" guy is the same guy as the "kill them for not worshiping me" guy.
I've been waiting for an opportunity to use this - seems like as good a time as any. From my YT channel, this is the powerful and revealing climax from the 2008 BBC/WGBH Boston television play "God On Trial", written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and my all-time favourite film. So, spoilers ahead if you haven't watched it in full (you really should):
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
