If life is a gift it is not one we asked for. We didn't ask to be created. I wouldn't have a problem with the biblical God if he wasn't such an utter tool, and that is putting it nicely.
What we do isn't his business. Just like there comes a point where a parent no longer has a say in what their child does, once the child is grown.
It's might makes right. That is what it comes down to. He has super powers and will use them to torture and kill us to teach us a lesson. Or he might use them to reward us as well. He will cause natural disasters and send plagues at people just to make a point. He will destroy entire cities if he deems them as too sinful. This is not a stable being we are dealing with. When you combine super powers with bi polar disorder the results are apparently quite devastating.
Originally posted by Surtur
What makes him psychopathic is that he thinks flooding the entire world or nuking entire cities are viable solutions to problems.
When it comes to Biblical accounts I'm pretty sure that old religion leaders are at least a bit to blame when it come to establishing tradition. They probably were so in awe with power that they did not see Religion as any kind of morality.
I can picture a sea of people chanting "god is great because he destroyed our enemies and massacred their children", because back in the day the mentalities were aggresive and xenophobic like that.
Originally posted by Bentley
When it comes to Biblical accounts I'm pretty sure that old religion leaders are at least a bit to blame when it come to establishing tradition. They probably were so in awe with power that they did not see Religion as any kind of morality.I can picture a sea of people chanting "god is great because he destroyed our enemies and massacred their children", because back in the day the mentalities were aggresive and xenophobic like that.
Originally posted by Bentley
When it comes to Biblical accounts I'm pretty sure that old religion leaders are at least a bit to blame when it come to establishing tradition. They probably were so in awe with power that they did not see Religion as any kind of morality.I can picture a sea of people chanting "god is great because he destroyed our enemies and massacred their children", because back in the day the mentalities were aggresive and xenophobic like that.
The problem though is that you have people who believe in the bible as is, as opposed to "this is just some stuff some crazy people wrote down". Which is why religion can be so scary a being like this would be worshipped by modern day people.
So no matter where it came from, some people believe these things happened and *love* the being that perpetrated these acts.