(June 27, 2017 at 10:43 pm)Khemikal Wrote: It sounds absurd because it is absurd, but the story isn't about the moral status of god, and the author intentionally chose something downright immoral to convey the message.
To see god telling a person to do something real, real nasty - as a way to tell you (or the believer, as it were) what to do in that scenario. What his faithful ancient ancestors would have done. Why god favored them, and blessed them then, and how to secure that blessing now.
If god tells you to kill your kid. Grab the knife.
I'm talking about the nature of god, or at least the popular (completely fucking wrong) perception about it. I've just never heard a defense of that particular point and I'd like to hear one from the theists while we're on the subject of Abe n' Ike.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.