Friday, June 12, 2009

The God of the Atheist

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Article synopsis:

Some people's idea of god is different than the Author's. That is to say, some people have an idea of god that does not include the bit about a benevolent father figure doling out eternal torture. Those people are committing idolatry. Atheists do the same thing except their model of god is malevolent, they then reject that god.

It should be pointed out that there are a lot of reasons why different atheists are atheists. One, for instance, may reject a personal god for the want of any evidence of that god. Or perhaps one simply disagrees with the tenets of every major religion. Perhaps another does not care about the existence of god. At any rate, trying to pigeon-hole an entire theological philosophy into one specific stereotype is a bit silly.

Personally, I do find the god of the Abrahamic religions to be malevolent. Considering the constant threat of eternal damnation and the specific acts of genocide carried out in his name. How does one rationalize genocide? It is malevolent. Even if you you spent your entire life doing good, wiping out an entire race of people is evil. That is just one example of the evil committed by the god of the bible. Even if the rest of the sixty six books contained nothing but love and mercy, genocide is well worth rejecting the god of the bible.

This argument is irrelevant however, considering that atheists typically do not affirm the existence of a personal god. It would probably behoove the author to establish the existence of god before we concern ourselves about his moral character.


An instance of genocide in the bible.


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