God is supposed to be the bastion for morality, yet he goes around killing people pretty willy nilly in the bible. Not to mention how he demands blood sacrifices--which would be more than a little creepy if he were human. So why isn't it creepy just because he's some invisible wizard?
Obviously all of this only applies if he's actually real--but even if you convinced me of his existence, I don't think I'd support the guy. The whole thing reeks of "Might makes right", and that everyone would gladly follow Satan if he were more powerful than God (though they'd never admit it).
"God only kills the wicked!"
Really? Seems like a pretty poor excuse. All the children in the flood were going to be wicked? In which case he was killing them before they actually do anything. And you can say "Well, they'll go to heaven!" all you like, but unless you happen to be pro-abortion, that argument holds very little water.
And what about the 70,000 people he killed when David took a census? Those 70,000 people just happened to be wicked? We're supposed to just take his word on that?
Lot's wife was killed because she looked back.
All the first born children of egypt. Yeah, all of them. There weren't any other ways he could have freed the supposed slaves of Egypt? I mean the guy left no evidence behind of them ever being there, seems to me he just wanted to be a dick about it.
Killed a guy because he wouldn't hit a prophet that told him to hit him. (Apparently this wasn't one of his insane tests like with Abraham, but you can see why you might not want to hit a prophet especially when...)
The youths killed by bears because they teased a prophet.
Ezekiel's wife... just to make a point.
I really don't see how anyone can look at this guy and think he's obviously the good guy. Do you think Harry Potter is the tragic tale of the benevolent Lord Voldemort? Is the Hunger Games the story of how the evil Katniss Everdeen stops President Snow? Is Star Wars the story of the downfall of a loving benevolent Empire by a bunch of evil rogues?
God appears to be the villain of the story, but people give him a pass because 'Well he created everything!" which amounts to might makes right. And frighteningly you can look at it and start to see how the Nazis were able to do all the things they did. The justifications of God's actions are lacking. All most people can say is that you can't judge God by man's standards. To which I say: I wonder if the Nazi's thought the same thing about Hitler. Or who else's actions we'll justify because we are powerless to stop them.
Obviously all of this only applies if he's actually real--but even if you convinced me of his existence, I don't think I'd support the guy. The whole thing reeks of "Might makes right", and that everyone would gladly follow Satan if he were more powerful than God (though they'd never admit it).
"God only kills the wicked!"
Really? Seems like a pretty poor excuse. All the children in the flood were going to be wicked? In which case he was killing them before they actually do anything. And you can say "Well, they'll go to heaven!" all you like, but unless you happen to be pro-abortion, that argument holds very little water.
And what about the 70,000 people he killed when David took a census? Those 70,000 people just happened to be wicked? We're supposed to just take his word on that?
Lot's wife was killed because she looked back.
All the first born children of egypt. Yeah, all of them. There weren't any other ways he could have freed the supposed slaves of Egypt? I mean the guy left no evidence behind of them ever being there, seems to me he just wanted to be a dick about it.
Killed a guy because he wouldn't hit a prophet that told him to hit him. (Apparently this wasn't one of his insane tests like with Abraham, but you can see why you might not want to hit a prophet especially when...)
The youths killed by bears because they teased a prophet.
Ezekiel's wife... just to make a point.
I really don't see how anyone can look at this guy and think he's obviously the good guy. Do you think Harry Potter is the tragic tale of the benevolent Lord Voldemort? Is the Hunger Games the story of how the evil Katniss Everdeen stops President Snow? Is Star Wars the story of the downfall of a loving benevolent Empire by a bunch of evil rogues?
God appears to be the villain of the story, but people give him a pass because 'Well he created everything!" which amounts to might makes right. And frighteningly you can look at it and start to see how the Nazis were able to do all the things they did. The justifications of God's actions are lacking. All most people can say is that you can't judge God by man's standards. To which I say: I wonder if the Nazi's thought the same thing about Hitler. Or who else's actions we'll justify because we are powerless to stop them.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
