Your God is an Ass & You Argue Poorly
Sep 04, 2009 by Synthaetica in GodNot™ | Tags: anti-theocracy, atheism, atheist, hegemony, theocracy
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and lastly….what i actually came here to do today….
Look. I’m fine if you want toworship a non-existent “God”, even if your only real reason for doing so is the gross combination of “that’s what you’ve been told to do” and “that’s the emotional crutch you need to have.” Really, it’s okay.
But. Each and every abrahamic religion is premised upon one common concept: FAITH. Without faith, your religion has no meaning, no purpose, no relevance whatsoever. And, functionally speaking, faith is the opposite of fact. So when you start spouting elements of your faith as fact, you have ceased contributing to the formative discussion. And worse, when you spout the “God is Love” stuff, you actively undermine the entire premise of your own faith.
Think about that for a minute. This isn’t a new argument from the atheist standpoint, but this is the exact problem with every abrahamic religion: your God is NOT “Love”. Your God is not even nice. Your God, according to your own Holy Books, is an insensitive, insecure, vituperative ass, wholly and exclusively interested in exactly one thing: the undying devotion and ego-massaging of vast numbers of human beings.
And what’s REALLY ironic about that is the fact (the proven, irrefutable fact), that the God described in your Holy Books is actually just a construct of human thinking. The irony is nearly overwhelming. You ultimately choose to believe in an imaginary God because certain persons from the Bronze Age who sought a slightly more insidious way to control the population (as opposed to simple, direct militarism) made up some quaint fairy tales for you to believe in. And worse than that, a lot of those stories are far from “quaint”. According to your Holy Books, your God is responsible for the deaths of millions, directly ordered the rape and murder of hundreds of thousands of women and children, and even struck down his own people for being as gullible as he supposedly made them.
Yeah, I know, you’ll cast that all aside and argue at me with the other self-contradictory stories from your book of fairy tales. And that’s okay. Just understand that when that’s all you do, when that’s the sum and total of your apparent ability to form cohesive thought, it becomes increasingly difficult for me to swallow the condescension. And yes, when you willfully confuse the concepts of faith and fact, I don’t even try.
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September 7th, 2009 at 01:52
You should have completed the word and said that 'your god is an asshole!'
October 27th, 2009 at 23:51
I actually love and respect this post. It disturbs me that many “Abrahamic” religious people have no idea about the history of their faith. I am a Christian–by faith. I am deeply connected to my God and joyously feel his love for me daily…..maybe it is just my frontal lobe awash in dopamine but, I would die before I denounced my faith. I know there are some things that are fact. But, when you think about so many things in this world, how do we factually know they are real? Other than the fact that someone else has told us or we read it in a book. For example, everyone assumed that nothing could grow thousands of miles under the ocean near mantle vents because of the lack of sunlight, intense pressure, etc. Then, they look and are astonished to animals thriving down there. The only reason I know this is because I read about it…a second hand source. I see God in nature, all around me, etc. I won’t bore you with the blah, blah, blah. Just curious how you factually know there is NO God? I mean isn’t all of this debatable? Yes, I know about the brutality of the Old Testament, Torah, Koran. But from my understanding of these texts it was evil that corrupted early civilazation. Have you read and studied any of the texts? There are supposed to be archeological evidenses from these texts. Granted, it’s all “debatable”. But, the texts gave phrophies, by more than one author, in different times & the prophies were fulfilled. Guess I’m just honestly asking, how did you FACTUALLY come to the conclusion that there is no God? Thanks for your honesty and willingness to think beyond the masses, put yourself out there & most likely endure scorn by those you scorn. I for one say…good for you. At least you’ve left one “sheep” curious.
October 27th, 2009 at 23:54
Sorry for all the prophesy misspellings…I think it’s still readable!
November 16th, 2009 at 02:19
just a little 2 cents to put in. God does exist to everyone, even an atheist, in one form or another. in the most basic sense God is that which created all. and to every centient human being on this earth there is something that created everything. to an atheist God would be the Big Bang. as science says it is the Big Bang created everything. and many people beleive in a God because it is a logical thing to do. because beleiveing in a God gives someone the ability to find reason in everything. and finding reason is an extreamly logical thing to do, that fact is irrefutable. this may or may not be revelant but i wanted to add my input on an atheists medium for info or discusion.
and pardon my gramatical errors, never was good at that in english
November 16th, 2009 at 02:23
blatently insulting a group and calling a people beleif 'an Ass', makes you look like not the best of people. you should have put it more elloquently so you didnt sound like an ass hole.
November 23rd, 2009 at 03:03
thank you for arguing poorly. much obliged.
June 29th, 2010 at 13:36
Why don't you just shut up and get a job?
Its YOU who are the "ass."
Its just that YOU are way too stupid mentally and spiritually and willfully rebellious to be wise.
June 30th, 2010 at 01:09
Yes, I admit it. I'm an ass. It takes one to know one, and all that happy-slappy stuff. Indeed.
Please note the date of the blog entry to which you comment, and count the number of posts from that date through to the present day. See? I have a job! That's why I don't post much up here!
There is no such thing as "spiritual intelligence," by the way.
That having been said, thank YOU for arguing poorly. much obliged.