One would wonder if these depictions of God as "evil" were so damaging, why would they be in the Bible in the first place? Shouldn't they have edited them out to make God look good? They didn't for one reason: God will fight for you. If you are ever in trouble, God will help you fight your way out if you love Him. The Israelites loved God, so when they had to go to war, God helped and fought for them.
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No, the depictions of an "evil" god in the bible reflect the bible writers' bronze age idea of what a god should be.
If the bible were freshly published today, it wouldn't sell nearly so many copies. Think about it.
Riiiight. And, in Num 31, he had his minions kill everyone except the virgins, who were given over to the soldiers to rape, God did this for one reason, he's a evil pile of shit.
I agree with whitewater. If the Bible came into existence today, rather than what, some 1500+ years ago, it would be utterly ridiculed and mostly ignored.
Wander, are you admitting that your god is evil? Congrats! You are correct, slaughtering children and stupid animals on a diva-esque hissy fit is evil. Destroying all life on earth is evil. I don't care in who's name it is done, real or imagined it is wrong.
But at least you seem to be aware of the fact that the bible is edited to make god and the prophets look good. Still an awful lot of killin' and rapin' going on however. I remember the Israelites losing a battle, WITH god on their side, because the enemy had bronze chariots or some such. Guess he was hung over that day.
@Wander
God will fight for you.
Unless you are the wrong ethnicity. Nothing says "Love" like a bit of genocide!
How about this: The "evil God" thing is in there because the authors of that portion of the Bible wanted a damn good excuse to order the purging of a certain ethnicity/religion? How about they wanted to make people so scarred that they would be horribly punished unless they obeyed like sheep? Use some reasoning skills for fuck's sake. And not to the ends of kissing God's magnificent Aryan ass.
Or the hundred years war, or any other of the hundreds of wars conducted by Christian, Muslim or Jewish nations in the last 2,000 years.
i must disagree with whitewater, if the bible were freshly published today, it would be banned by the same fundies who "adhere" to it. Do they realize how much genocide, incest, rape, and political intrigue is in that book?
"Do they realize how much genocide, incest, rape, and political intrigue is in that book?"
Of course not; most of them have never actually read the damn thing, and most of the rest don't have the reading comprehension to figure out any parts their pastor didn't explain to them.
this just brought up a funny running joke i have with my significant other. Although, Im a firm believer in women's rights and equality, just to annoy her, I would scour the bible looking for chauvinistic quotes, quote it to her, and then say "God said so, it's right there!"
Explanation 1): bronze-age cattle raiders had slightly different appreciation for human life, freedom, and justice than we do now.
Explanation 2): the Bible is the work of Satan, who wanted to make God look bad. He did.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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