Sunday, January 18, 2009
This is a lovely argument against god. Not just against the existence of god. Against the justness of god, if god as he's written in the bible were to exist. Even if the bible were literally true, every word, the supposed morality it represents is something I would want no part of. For example, I want no part of a world where people are damned to eternal torture for anything. There is no crime for which that is a proportionate response. The author's argument about "original sin" is very eloquent.
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i always thought that the bible was, especially the parts in the old testament, stories about things that happened to their ancestors. it was a way to remember their social and historical customs, world events ( the flood, the city of ur, the captivity in babylon and assyria(things that really did happen))and explain them to the next generations. that the ideas of god as being injust and somewhat cruel and moody was nothing new. gods were more than just creators and benefactors, they were the basis of legend and myth. most gods display behavior that was abhorred. gods cheated on their spouses, married mortals, killed each other, basically acted like humans, something humans could understand. telling an average human in 4000bc that not only are the stars not set in a ceiling separated by 2 domes of water or living on the back of turtle, but were burning balls of gas and energy billions of miles away would be just as insane as their own explanations. So it never bothered me that genesis's god was moody and mean.no one i knew took that thought literally, even religious and lay people. saints and miracles were another matter entirely. as late as my senior year of high school i was still trying to not explain to nutty former missionaries and laypersons that not only are certain miracles just plain weird, but also impossible. never try logic in the face of the miraculous, its a lost cause.
LOL JESUS
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