pokoko said: Would I love him? I don't know, would god be my type? Otherwise, I don't understand the question. Why would I say I love someone I don't know? I'm not an atheist but I don't understand "worship", either. A) why would I worship anyone, and B) why would I worship anyone who demanded I worship them or they'll punish me? I mean, I guess I would pretend if it would get me out of detention but how could I possibly respect anyone like that? It makes no sense to me. I was raised a Christian but I had all these questions that no one would answer except with, "you should pray about that." The Sunday school brainwashing just pushed me into a corner and made me feel scared and guilty because I did not like this god person, much less love them. I remember being very, very confused over Abraham and how he was about to murder his son because god told him to do it. I did not like that, I thought it was wrong, even when god was all like, "IT WAS JUST A PRANK, BRO." That's my first memory of really not liking this religion business and thinking that god was a jerk. Also, being a Capricorn, I didn't like that they killed goats all the time. |
Was catching up on the replies and found your mindset pretty similiar to mine when it comes to this issue.
The Biblical story that gets me the most flustered, though, is definitely the story of Job. It's completely unjustifiable and frankly disgusts me. Apparently Job is SO dedicated and unwavering when it comes to his belief that God rewards him by... Letting Satan destroy everything he's worked for, killing most of his family, and making him miserable and diseased. But hey, it all works out, right? He gets it all back tenfold! 'Cept those children and servants are still dead and all that. Just to prove a point. Not even to teach Job a lesson since he was righteous before his life was put into ruins. If God is all-knowing, he shouldn't have needed to 'test' Job. He shouldn't have needed to prove anything to SATAN of all beings.
God is a monster, even in the book that tries to portray him as someone worth our love and worship.