"Jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully."
From Richard Dawkins, 'The God Delusion', page 31.
2006-11-17 09:39:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A psychotic sociopath by all definitions - a classic wife beater. I didn't need anyone to tell me that - it is made most clear by the book itself thereby causing me to say ...HUH? at a very young age. Why in the world would anybody follow this as the true and literal word of god. I would cross the street to avoid that type of person...god is almost never love in any book of the bible old or new testament.
However there are many many many people who belive it to be the only true thing on earth and you will never never never be able to pull the veil from their eyes.
Keep on being the you you are.
2006-11-17 09:45:05 · answer #1 · answered by Lee 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, Moloch was kind of nasty.
"Moloch
by Micha F. Lindemans
"King". The sun god of the Canaanites (Ammonites?) in old Palestine and sometimes associated with the Sumerian Baal, although Moloch (or Molekh) was entirely malevolent. In the 8th-6th century BCE, firstborn children were sacrificed to him by the Israelites in the Valleye of Hinnom, south-east of Jerusalem (see also Gehenna). These sacrifices to the sun god were made to renew the strength of the sun fire. This ritual was probably borrowed from surrounding nations, and was also popular in ancient Carthage.
Moloch was represented as a huge bronze statue with the head of a bull. The statue was hollow, and inside there burned a fire which colored the Moloch a glowing red. Children were placed on the hands of the statue. Through an ingenious system the hands were raised to the mouth (as if Moloch were eating) and the children fell into the fire where they were consumed by the flames. The people gathered before the Moloch were dancing on the sounds of flutes and tambourines to drown out the screams of the victims.
According to some sources, the Moloch in the Old Testament is not a god, but a specific form of sacrifice."
2006-11-17 09:42:30 · answer #2 · answered by Charlevoix Blue 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree that if the Bible verses are taken as Christians want us to take them - hyper-actually - then God comes off because absolutely the Douche to conquer all Douches. What ought to be taken under consideration, in spite of the actuality that, is the skewing, misinterpreting, mistranslating and false impression of the unique scriptures. shall we argue each and each and every of the three hundred and sixty 5 days lengthy about semantics, yet counting on your interpretation, not all of those accusations are completely authentic. operating example, you may say that God isn't homophobic because he instructions us to love one yet another (and the Bible verses were written in a time even as adult males concept homosexuality replaced into basically a sexual perversion, they did not understand it replaced into authentic love.) He also rejects discrimination various cases, interestingly. yet then, that's authentic that he instructions the lack of life of homosexuals, that is better than discriminatory, and bigger than homophobic. So, it is all down on your perspective fairly, that is why it is plausible to educate God into someone who's praised and worshipped, and not in any respect universally abhorred. That suggested, he could be for most of the flaws he's performed contained in the Bible, and for most of the flaws he inspired (Crusades, Inquision, Witch Trials, etc.)
2016-11-25 01:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It appears the author has made up his mind and is trying very hard to find evidence to support it.
First of all, the bible is not fiction. It has withstood scrutinty for thousands of years and the end result has been that it has been found a reliable chronicle. Secondly, if you think that God is all of the above listed descriptions, you must have a very narrow view of what God is and I would submit to you that it is not the God of Scripture.
2006-11-17 09:45:04 · answer #4 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yahweh, Allah, the Mayan gods -- all of them are projections of people's ego thought systems where the foundation is judgement, reward, punishment, guilt, sacrifice, and sin. When someone comes and tells us otherwise, people crucify them and change the message. So ... Yahweh is naturally an angry dude ...
2006-11-17 09:45:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know people are going to tell you that its okay for just God to act that way. Anyway bible did not fall from the sky and I do not believe God could ever do evil to anyone .
2006-11-17 09:43:09 · answer #6 · answered by daisy322_98 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-11-17 09:42:03 · answer #7 · answered by ne_idiot 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I was reading that today.
It's such a great line of adjectives.
I would have to agree.
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2006-11-17 09:40:59 · answer #8 · answered by Seth 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In all fairness, this quote holds no more significance for many than a Bible quote would to you.
Blessed Be
2006-11-17 09:42:54 · answer #9 · answered by Celestian Vega 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read Job, it is hard to conclude otherwise. Dawkins has lots to say, and says it well.
2006-11-17 09:52:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋