Christians believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-loving god, an Omni god. At the same time they act as if they were promised signs and portents of this god’s existence and powers. At one point, in scripture, Jesus got short with his disciples because they keep asking for signs and portents.
Modern Christians seem to think that miracles (as they define them) are one manifestation of such signs.
But, if one stops to think, would an Omni god act this way?
Such a god is perfection in itself. All of its actions would be perfect in their construction and execution. So, is having a piece of toast pop up in you toaster with the face of Jesus on it worthy of such a god? How about a patch of light on a diner wall that looks like the Virgin Mary (who no one knows what she looks like, of course)? Are these the actions of an Omni god?
If someone goes to hospital and is operated upon and is healed, is that a miracle you could chalk up to such a god? Why would such a god pick and choose who to save? In horrendous accidents, the parents of children not killed account their being saved to this god. But why would such a god save just one child and let many others perish when surely it could have saved all?
All of this Christian folderol is based upon a myth in which this god himself becomes human and walks upon Earth. (Apparently the rule that anyone who lays eyes on this god dies was set aside for the interim.) Then, the story goes, this god-man was sacrificed to pay the price of the sins of all of mankind. Pretty neat, right? But ask yourself—sacrificed to whom?
When Jesus was “sacrificed” he had been incarnated as a Jew. Many kinds of sacrifices are mandated in the Hebrew Bible, of which one type is animal sacrifice. The Hebrew term usually translated “sacrifice” is korban. Korban literally means “drawing near.” Sacrifices of all kinds are linked with an approach to divinity. The term korban primarily refers to sacrificial offerings given from humans to God for the purpose of doing homage, winning favor, or securing pardon. The object sacrificed was usually an animal that was ritually slaughtered and then transferred from the human to the divine realm by being burned on an altar. So, “doing homage, winning favor, or securing pardon” to whom, for what purpose?
Why did this god need a sacrifice of himself (?) to himself (?) in order to pull off what he wanted to happen? Is this the kind of behavior you expect from an Omni god? (I remind you that the curse being lifted was merely spoken into being by this selfsame god, so why was a sacrifice needed? I also note that human sacrifices had been banned by this same god.)
Signs and portents, even the reincarnation of individuals are just too miniscule to represent the actions of such a god. In the Old Testament, Moses has duels with the court magicians of the Egyptian King, and can barely hold his own. So, were the parlor tricks he was able to pull off that puny? Any idiot can figure out better signs. How about floating the Great Pyramid one hundred meters into the air and taking the King for a walk under it? How about having the Moon and Sun chase each other around the sky for an hour or two? How about putting everyone in Egypt, except Moses and the King, asleep so they can have a private chat?
And why would such a god limit his appearances to such a poor and small section of the Earth. Since it was omnipresent, why not appear everywhere, all at once. Then when people got together to talk about their experience, they would really have something to talk about.
Clearly, the exploits of this Omni god were made up by people of little imagination, then they bragged about their god until they reached a state of utter lunacy. So, why are people still buying into the nonsense? Is great puzzlement.
Christian Nationalists are Trying to Enslave Women!
Tags: Christian Nationalism, conservatives, enslaving women, hypocrisy, religion, Republicans, women as property
Those Christian nationalists beavering away in the legislatures of states like Florida, Texas, and Oklahoma, etc. are doing their darnedest to establish rules of law that turn women into property. They are proclaiming as they go that the Bible states that a marriage is between one man and one woman (it does not) and espousing the Bible as a guide to marriage (it is not).
In the Bible it is clear that women are property. First they are property of their fathers, and then of their husbands. Adultery is forbidden . . . for the women, acceptable for the men (as long as it is not with another man’s property, er, wife). Divorce is allowed for the men, forbidden for the women.
Are you starting to see a pattern here?
In the Bible if a woman’s husband dies, one of the deceased husband’s brothers is supposed to marry the widowed wife. (This is what life insurance looks like in the world of the Bible.) Of course, that brother, more than likely, already has a wife but men are allowed more than one wife, women are not allowed more than one husband. Where the “one man, one woman” nonsense comes from, it sure isn’t the Bible.
Any woman who votes for these assholes promoting a “Biblical Worldview” for their state, needs to seek psychiatric help immediately. Desiring to become a slave, actually some man’s personal property, is not a healthy desire.