Wednesday, January 30, 2013

God, the Output Machine

A question I often pose to Christians is, why does this particular type of God have such an evident inability to  intervene in the matters of atrocity? I say "particular type" because it's easily observed such a God carries very specific traits. Pantheists are quick to point out it is only, and wholly love but if you examine the vengeful, and somewhat needy God of the Holy Bible you'll find outright anger, brutal punishment for seemingly benign activity and a blatant disregard for the suffering of children in particular.

This particular line of questioning and my own answers to said questions creates an interestingly-patterned God that is mostly capable of the materialization of something from nothing, creating intricate biological organisms (whether they function properly is of an entirely different line of discussion) and having a few instructions for the conveniently placed infamous couple Adam and Eve. It (I find calling god a "he" to be an absurd practice and incorrect term, strictly reserved for biological gender distinction) decides then in an entirely arbitrary manner, to then give birth to a son (that following this pattern of creation and logic, is also Adam and Eve's darker-skinned cousin) and send him off to eventually be killed for political reasons. Oh, and the very sin we were created with inherently. Why not just leave that part out and need cleansing? The world would probably be a better place if by this theological standard, there were no original sin. If you're reading by the way, God, please, impose your will somewhere on this madness in the Middle East, eh?

God then, after this wonderful line of miracles, psychotic and irreverent babbling, rampant disease, famine, superstition and fear, more or less disappears from the equation after the death of the Christ. Kind of God's way of saying "hey man, he said a few things here and there, that's allllll you on the listening department to catch that. I mean, I gotta listen to you guys all the time!" Well sure then, we'll go along with that line of thinking as absurd as that is for the moment being as some several million people do regularly in practice.

After the time of Christ then and the story of him becoming widespread through totally non-violent, polite, non-invasive, TOTALLY NO CRUSADING HERE INVOLVED we are left with a story about a God who created everything, including creation itself (I include that often to try to draw out someone who can explain why God is all output, with no reciprocation or further involvement) and then more or less stood back and watched his own creations do what they do, and still do to this day, based on literary instructions in a far, far less advanced times. Imagine going to read a wall in a cave in Peru to figure out how to get your espresso maker to work. That's it on, or around the area that the Christian-understood God that he operates. Non-interventionist, despite his most professed creations such as Israel and the United States are complete interventionists.

I am honestly left with again, no other conclusion other than there is no such being that exists, and the above example is just yet another reason the story and method of operation this particular god (of thousands) tends to express it's own existence.

2 comments:

  1. I just wrote the shit msg, but was fucking deleted. Ill let u know im real fucking serious and the phrases of God are here. They all make their own sense in the way you note your question. he will answer using the handy rand() thing he controlls thru... the computers thermal noise that science never fully explained, yet. all the words seem 'real' and make sense if not a shortcut to buff your shoes. reasons explained in the range of 15-35 words he must make good place of. reasonably, its.... more like a personality help than a grammatical flaw. dont wait its at - god.teamuluv.com . - religion is a phallacy

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  2. I didn't delete any messages, do I seem someone who fears rational discourse? I think not.

    What's with the hostile tone? Do you think Jesus Christ would answer me in such a hostile manner? Only the god of the Old Testament would be such a vengeful dick so, go join him in mythology and fuck right off with your poorly worded hostility. This is an atheism blog, not the comments section on Yahoo! news about Atheism, you ogrish sloth.

    Also, the notion that God cares about the internet as much as you morons do is almost more hilarious than your lack of grammar ability.

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