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If the god of the bible exists (which I don't believe for a moment) it is a complete asshole.

Dealing with my mother and her dementia, complicated by chronic pain, and while my dad, who actually has his mind, is fighting cancer, steels my non-belief in any kind of caring god (not that I believe in any type of god).

If this god did exist, it has observed my mother live a life devoted to it, yet it sees fit that she should spend her last years in pain and confusion and begging her god to let her die.

The compassion I feel for those who are suffering, to include animals, far exceeds any compassion shown by this god. It has chosen to allow pain and suffering just so a few will love, worship and obey it---but they have no guarantee that this god will protect them from tragedy, pain, suffering.

I find myself getting angry...not at this god, for I don't believe it exists, but at the belief that it does exist and that it is a caring, loving god.

One can believe in a god if they must, but it makes no sense to believe in a god that gives a shit about them or their suffering.

Joanne 7 Apr 20
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My brother married a Mormon woman and converted around age 22. He treated the religion enthusiastically and devotionally. At age 69 his daughter was killed by a redneck husband (the girl married daddy's value system) and five months later his wife died during cancer surgery on her shoulder. My brother pressed on for another year but killed himself, on his 71st birthday, by calling police so they could watch him blow his head open in the front yard. I have no desire to worship such a being for a moment, let alone eternity, and hope it exists so I can look it in the face and say, "Fuck you."

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Absolutely

bobwjr Level 10 Apr 20, 2021
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The god of the bible is a psychotic arsehole, it amazes me that people who claim to love him cannot see this, but that does explain the crusades, the inquisition and the Catholic church's attitude to paedophile priests.
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A God who would inflict such suffering is not loving. And one who would condemn human souls to eternal torment and torture would be a sadistic, unloving monster.

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Yes I lost both my parents and my wife, and all of them slowly. Selfishly speaking it seems sometimes that all life is spent either watching people die, or grieving afterwards. And worse of course is the fact that even if that god has gone away, the legacy of regarding human life as untouchable, will still go on to deny humans the final mercy we give to animals, for years to come.

The only thing that I can recommend to help your own pain, is work, it really does help to keep busy and thereby forget your pains, even though work can seem pointless, grey and dull, it still stops you overthinking.

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I agree, my mother slowly passed away in a hospital long term care unit, poor thing wanted to come home, she had some dementia, and all kinds of things wrong with her heart, and circulation to her foot, and various other things, and became incapacitated they had her loaded with pain drugs and morphine, and she was hallucinating, and went into a staring trance, It was torture on me watching it , Yes to me gods don't exist, and It's not loving either, I call it sugar coated fairy tales and control It's worthless and the teachings are damaging, fear and ignorance I think about the Holocaust in world war two, and that pretty much answers the question about any loving god, sorry about your situation, hope things get better, i know what you are going through, I have been through that myself.time will heal things, for me it did, but it is always there. I had to move on after I lost my mother. good luck to you.

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I feel you.

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