I was feeling morose, and posted this to Facebook a couple days back.
In Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari says that the problem of Evil in the world is unsolvable if you posit that God is wholly good, but the problem of Evil is trivial if you allow that the supreme being is Evil. I think that the patriarchal Judeo-Christian-Islamic God is often certifiably Evil or pathological, and lays down unethical, arbitrary moral strictures. If there is a God, He very well might be wholly or partly Evil. In which case disobedience is principled civil resistance.
My friend from high school, who WAS raised an unbeliever and found Jesus asked, "Why would you say that God is evil some of the time?"
What examples do you have?
Even better, what Biblical or Koranic examples of God behaving badly can you cite?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Gee, I dunno....Lot having children by his daughters? Burning Sodom & Gomorrah? Drowning everybody except Noah & family? Letting loose warlike Hebrews on peaceful Canaanites? Killing all the first-born Egyptian children? Just for a few tidbits.........
AnneWimsey
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July 11, 2019
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Umm, the flood, raping Mary, killing the firstborn in egypt after hadening pharaohs heart, considering Lott as a holy man after giving his daughters to the crowd to be raped instead of the strangers, having his son nailed to a fucking cross, telling Abraham to kill his son, inventing hell, fuck could I go on snd on. Just read the shit - remembering this is a book thats supposed to make him look good - and decide for yourself if he's evil or not - oh yeah, and he created evil to begin with.
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July 11, 2019
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You know, it's she, not he
1of5:
@MarkiusMahamius that bitch
@MarkiusMahamius no, no, I doubt women would advocate/encourage mass baby killings, or turning Lot's wife to a pillar of s as it so he could procreate with his daughters, to name just a few examples.....
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