THIS is what we're striving to be???

[_Scottie]

Lets take a look at the God of the Bible that many, including Mormons worship, and what they believe is the pinnacle of perfection...

- He is an egotistical megalomaniac who demands worship from His followers day and night. If a society lapses into a period where they do not worship God, He may or may not "cleanse" them off the face of the Earth.
- He rules by fear. Most people don't worship Him because He is a benevolent, kind and merciful God. No, they do it because they don't want to go to hell. Few dictators have been able to instill this sense of fear into their subjects.
- He has no qualms that 1/3 of His children (plus those on Earth that go there) will be in the Eternal Torment of hell.
- He has no problem killing babies, burning cities, turning people into pillars of salt, flooding the entire world population (minus a lucky few on the ark), etc.
- He selects prophets that have less than stellar reputations, and then commands them to further sully their reputations by lying about immoral acts to fulfill His strange commandments, which make no sense in the first place.
- He makes promises that He doesn't keep...the biggest being that if God makes a promise, He HAS to keep it.
- Of all the options available to an all powerful God to subdue a drunken man, He chooses to have His servant lop off his head.

Any others that you all would like to add?

Now, I'm to understand that THIS is what we are trying to emulate? When we reach the CK, THIS is the kind of person that we will turn into? No thanks, I want no part of that.

Perhaps some of you apologists could give me a list of good things that God does, cause I'm not seeing it.

[Guest]

Perhaps some of you apologists could give me a list of good things that God does, cause I'm not seeing it.

~ I have heard many times if you lose your wallet or your keys, he is the right man for the job..

[_skippy the dead]

This is a pretty good representation of why it is I can't believe in a God. As described in your list, he's a cranky SOB - can't imagine why he'd even bother with mankind if his actions are any indication of how he feels about the species.

[_LifeOnaPlate]

You ought to get together with Chris Hitchens.

[_Scottie]

Perhaps some of you apologists could give me a list of good things that God does, cause I'm not seeing it.

~ I have heard many times if you lose your wallet or your keys, he is the right man for the job..

Naw...that's Jesus finding your wallet and car keys.

He's pretty cool.

[_Scottie]

You ought to get together with Chris Hitchens.

Who???

[_truth dancer]

Just one minor thing...

He HATES women.

He is fine with rape, abuse, trading women, using women, and relegating them to less than human.

~dancer~

[_Coggins7]

- He has no problem killing babies, burning cities, turning people into pillars of salt, flooding the entire world population
Any others that you all would like to add?

Waterboarding anyone?

[_asbestosman]

Jesus was willing to suffer indescribable pain for crimes He didn't committ. And He did it all for us.

God gave us all physical bodies.

God gave us the sacred gift of procreation.

God gave us scriptures.

God gave us the Holy Ghost to guide and comfort us.

God gave us prophets to lead and warn us.

God inspired scientists to help us appreciate the Universe, to exercise our minds, to spread His word, and to help each other.


God gave us jerks so we can remember that some people have it worse than we do.

[_Doctor Steuss]

Naw...that's Jesus finding your wallet and car keys.

He's pretty cool.

He found my keys, but then he gave them to Peter. I still haven't gotten them back.