Boot licking is not something for the living.OK.
Just so you know where I'm coming from, my family is/was Christian, but I became an atheist when I was about 11 or 12.
I was told God was all-loving, moral, all-knowing, and the rest of it. Yet God committed and condoned immoral acts, and threatened me with eternal torture for not licking his boots. I realized that I had to either believe in and fear a God that was a completely insecure genocidal monster, or not believe in god at all. The choice was easy, not believe in God at all.
After my mother's death, I was curious if there were answers to those contradictions and some sort of proof that god exists.
So far no one here has provided any. I'm not giving up yet though.
I was told God was all-loving, moral, all-knowing, and the rest of it. Yet God committed and condoned immoral acts, and threatened me with eternal torture for not licking his boots.
OK.
Just so you know where I'm coming from, my family is/was Christian (Baptist), but I became an atheist when I was about 11 or 12. That didn't work out well, and I was no longer part of the family. I was kicked out of the house when I turned 17. I still saw my mother sometimes in more recent times, although that was when she was visiting her grandchildren (my kids), I don't recall her ever coming to see me. I virtually never see my father or brother, last time was at my mother's funeral. Real Christian values eh, making a 12 year old no longer part of the family?
As to why I became an atheist, I was told God was all-loving, moral, all-knowing, and the rest of it. Yet God committed and condoned immoral acts, and threatened me with eternal torture for not licking his boots. I realized that I had to either believe in and fear a God that was a completely insecure genocidal monster, or not believe in god at all. The choice was easy, not believe in God at all. My family's behaviour reinforced this belief.
After my mother's death, I was curious if there were answers to those contradictions and some sort of proof that god exists.
So far no one here has provided any. I'm not giving up yet though.
Boot licking is not something for the living.
Because you say ignorant things ...
That is exactly what god requires. What else are the first (and thus most important) four of the ten commandments?
And your family couldn't explain it to your satisfaction? your church? your Bible? Google? anyone?
And speaking of that, what's your excuse now that you have access to Google?
So you think it is immoral for the Creator of the universe and everything in it to want credit for it? Do you think it immoral for a God that puts the awareness of God in everyone to make sure it is HE that people honor rather than a false god? Do you think it immoral of a God that created a person to honor Him?
So you think it is immoral for the Creator of the universe and everything in it to want credit for it? Do you think it immoral for a God that puts the awareness of God in everyone to make sure it is HE that people honor rather than a false god? Do you think it immoral of a God that created a person to honor Him?
Why would an all-loving God threaten me with eternal pain and suffering because I don't give him enough credit? That's not all-loving.
If I told you I was going to hideously torture my children every second, for the rest of their lives, because they didn't give me enough credit for raising them, what would you think of me? What would you say if I then proclaimed how much I loved my children? (And that torture is only for their life time, not for eternity, so I am still being literally infinitely kinder than your god.)
As far as I know, God hasn't made himself aware to anyone, certainly not to me.
I heard lots of explanations and interpretations, but they always twisted the words.
Which god are you talking about?
If I told you I was going to hideously torture my children every second, for the rest of their lives, because they didn't give me enough credit for raising them, what would you think of me?
I don't believe in a lot of gods, yours included.
If He told you that all you had to do was accept Him and if you didn't you would suffer the justice for your sins; then you decide, you then make the ultimate choice to accept the result of not accepting Him. Is that unfair or immoral?
"We got an internet tough guy over here."
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