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Originally Posted by Daradon
Oh, you also forgot... A perfect or merciful being would not be such a jealous being as demonstrated by the first commandment. 'I am a jealous God, thou shalt not have any Gods beside me.'
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That's a big one - it is sort of covered in my point where I say that a perfect being would have no need for worship, but it's worth mentioning.
When we see this quality in people, the desire for worship stems from crippling inadequacy... in other words, ANYTHING but perfection.
That a benevolent god would condone, permit, and commit atrocities makes absolutely no sense.
Rape? It's in the Bible.
Murder? It's in the Bible.
Dehumanizing people by forcing a depraved punishment upon them, namely eating one's own children? It's in the Bible.
Condemnation for victimless 'sin'? Care for some shellfish? How about a suit made with blended fabrics?
Once we let go of the assumption that the lawmaker is perfect, we can see these for what they are - immoral. And a perfectly moral being, Yahweh is not. And once the 'proof' presented by the Bible is shown to have such massive contradictions in it, you can honestly say that the claim of the existence of Yahweh is patently, demonstrably 100% false.