2:17 Well what’s it gonna take
“Your Gods child.
Their is none greater then Yahweh.”
Contrast the claim with the “method” of expression; Is it not akin to an overall clad mechanic hammering a bolt into place while claiming to have invented the internal combustion engine?
Sure, sure, we all make mistakes (some dumber than others,) yet a large segment of the population feels certain they know for a fact, and can articulate what the creator of the universe approves of and what offends Him. From the minute details of “sinful language”, to “immoral scientific research”, to the “forbidden acts” between two consenting adults behind closed doors. The list is longer than any scripture ever written.
If God exists and the details for “pure living” are in any significant way true, God undoubtedly carries a Law degree. And you can bet that there is enough fine print there so that He can send us anywhere He feels like on any given day, and do so in a legally kosher manner.
With the power to judge, sentence, and carry out the final justice, I suspect blonds and brunettes deceased between the late teenage years and mid-twenties will rule the Kingdom of Heaven. (Preferably those that didn’t die in car crashes, or botched, back alley coat hanger abortions.) Unless of course God is gay… I mean God being a HIM implies gender, and a sexual preference. And we all know God is a he, so he has to have some kind of sexual preferences, otherwise He’d be an It.
Look, even if there is a God, we have no way of knowing what He might want. We’re flies in a bowl of hot tomato soup heading towards His table. Even if we could see and touch Him, our little brains could never, ever know His mind. The same applies to the men of the bible that ran around the desert, making claims of His wishes and intent. Their brains were even smaller than ours, and they believed (no, knew) that the sun moved around the Earth. If they are your best witness in the Court of Truth, you might as well plead guilty now and start that sentence sooner than later.
If “God works in mysterious ways”, the religious as a group sure see no mystery in how much oppression we need legislate on one another, and the precise type it needs be. All this for the “privilege” to sit proud by his side, while many of our siblings, kids, friends, spouses and parents undoubtedly choke on sulfur, flames, and the smoke of burning flesh.
November 19th, 2008 at 6:35
I’m sure the redheads out there are offended at having been left off your list of Chosen Ones… :)
“Look, even if there is a God, we have no way of knowing what He might want.” I take your point. However, seeing as there is a multitude of potential gods out there, a more accurate statement may be “even if there is a God, we have no way of knowing *who* He is” - not just what he (or she) wants. (Of course, expanding one’s argument to include the full spectrum of beliefs would just make one’s head explode, so I understand your limiting your arguments to one deity at a time.)
Besides, the horrid grammar at the very beginning of the article, from what I can only assume is the Old Testament, is threatening to make *my* head explode… :)