The Christianized version of God is (in my opinion) an archaic excuse for unexplainable circumstances in ancient history. His existence was brought into being by people who didn't know what the stars were or even that the Earth was round, for goodness’ sake. Christianity was formed on three main principles: confusion, control, and fear.
How So, You Ask?
Want to know why you’re here? Be a “good Christian” (come to church and drop in your donations) and god will open up a way. As a poor person, this is your test to see if you have what it takes to go to heaven. If you don’t, you’ll go to hell.
(Think about it, throughout history, most Christians were (and are) poor people who latched onto the church for explanations for [insert disease, famine, or natural disaster here] and drank in all the bullshit). In this day and age, where we are doing things not possible in as little as two generation ago, do we really need Christianity (or any of the monotheistic religions)?
Here Are Some Points I Feel Compelled To Make:
If god is so omnipotent (in other words, infallible), why does he make imperfect humans? Why are there diseases, why is there hunger, why is there war? Most of the people these things affect are, in fact, members of some form of major religion (But that is a side issue, I suppose). If the Christian god is so fabulous, why doesn’t he cut these people a break and give them a reason to believe in him? Hell, I know if I was half starved to death and a god came and gave my people some food and saved our lives, we’d not only be eternally grateful, we’d be converts for life. Like he supposedly did for the Israelites, for example.
Why would god entrust the spreading of “His” word to one of his mortal children? After all, it was “He” that proclaimed that all men are born sinners. I doubt a doctor would allow one of his interns to do a surgery if he thought he was incompetent or otherwise bad. Think about it; we’re not good enough to be 100% guaranteed admission into heaven, but we are good enough to spread his work, thereby facing temptations, and all kinds of deadly sins? If god supposedly loves you so much, why would he put your eternal souls at constant risk?
Why did god flood the earth to remove evil? It didn't work, (he knew it wasn’t going to work!) and of course evil returned not even a few generations after this supposed flood… He knew it was going to happen, so what was the point, really? To amuse himself, perhaps? To flex his muscle? Show off what he can do? And to what avail?
(I will use the male pronoun as a default; because I believe that no god is really human-like; so for them to be anthropomorphized? That is a whole other issue…)
And what’s the deal with Jesus, anyway? Why would a god become flesh in order to sacrifice that form to go back to being a god so that his followers might escape the wrath of his own godly power? Couldn't god come up with something a little more efficient? Something with less red tape, perhaps?
And what exactly did he sacrifice? He wasn’t exactly human (think about it; according to the bible, he had no human father….he was, therefore, a demi-god. This tale has popped up in numerous myths from around the world. Think about Hercules; his dad was Zeus, and his mom? Some random pretty lady he fancied at the time. She didn‘t even see him coming. No pun intended. And wasn‘t he sacrificed, too? Being sent on his heroic 12 journeys to rid the world of terrible monsters…only to lose his wife and kids [and eventually his life]), and knew he wasn’t going to have a normal human lifespan, whether he was killed or not. Now, the real question is, what would have happened if Judas had had a change of heart and didn’t betray him, or was that all in the plan too? What about free will?? But I digress.
Why does god have emotions? (refer to point 3). This in my opinion further proves the non-existence of him. Being anthropomorphized, attributing emotions to him is a knee-jerk reaction. The people who were supposedly spreading his word certainly felt all these emotions. But a god? Why would he need them? If, on the chance, he decided to try emotions out on a whim, why put the whole of humanity at his mercy? Unless we are nothing more than a game to him, because that is certainly how it seems.
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