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In reply to the discussion: If you were GOD, how would improve the world? [View all]Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)and bone cancer and and war and ....
And you say I can't be trusted with god's power. Looks like god can't be trusted with it either.
No, god, according to you, doesn't force you to be nice, he just threatens to burn you for eternity if you're not nice. But, hey, that's not forcing you, is it?
Suppose I held a gun to your head and said "Do what I say or I will blow your brains out." Do you have free will? Sure you do. Will you refuse to do as I demand? I don't know.
But being nice because god threatens to torture you for eternity seems like a piss-poor reason to be nice.
The CIA tortures people and we get all up in arms because we all know torture is evil, But god tortures people and we're like, "Oh, that's cool. He's god, after all, and if we criticize him he might torture us too! So we back down and make excuses for god no matter what kind of depraved monster he is." (Clearly, that kind of god simply can't exist if you believe in love, compassion, and justice.)
And, for the record, I'm an adult, not a f*cking "child" of any abusive father-figure god. When I was a child, I did believe in god (and Santa Claus, and the tooth fairy). Then I grew up. You may like to think of yourself as a child, but I'll pass on that particular religious perversion, thank you just the same.
Is their such a thing as a god? Honestly, I don't know. I can't know. But what I do know for sure is that the Jewish/Christian/Muslim version of god is a twisted, hideous, cruel and inhumane creature with no redeeming qualities. That is a god that either lacks the power to prevent brain cancer in children, or has the power but doesn't give a damn that children suffer and die that way. That's monstrous. There's no other word for it. And all believers can say in god's defense is "he works in mysterious ways." Bullshit. There's nothing mysterious about children suffering and dying before they even have the chance to live their lives. That's not mysterious, its cruel and horrific.
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