All Things Controversial

One of my favorite topics is religion because there are such strong opinions about the silliest things. Take, for example, the idea-- a veritable cornerstone of Christian theology-- that the same God who rules the Old Testament with an iron fist, (here a smite, there a smite) and is frothing-at-the-mouth jealous of ANYTHING that might challenge his authority, could possibly be reconciled with that of the peace-loving turn-the-other-cheek God of the New Testament, as seen through the eyes of Jesus. Talk about your rose-colored glasses!

Just think, for a moment, what the psychiatric diagnosis of a person with such a schizophrenic disorder would be. Serious insanity. Considering all the smiting tendencies of one of the personalities, probably 'lock-them-up-and-throw-away-the-key' insanity.

Consider jealousy. Not really a nice or loving emotion, is it? In fact, a person who is jealous to the point of the Old Testament Christian deity would be-- let's face it-- a VERY immature individual you probably wouldn't want to be around. And yet, there are congregations this very minute almost certainly celebrating the fact that their god IS most exceedingly jealous! Go figure.

Yet another example of the insanity of the Christian God would be in the choice of companions He created for Himself. (That'd be us.) Since He is such a jealous God He certainly wouldn't want to create anyone close to an equal. (Heaven Forbid, He already made that mistake with the angels when Lucifer decided the possibilities of advancement were too confining.)

So, since people were so far from being equal to a godly being, apparently He deliberately decided to make mankind REALLY inferior. And, if that weren't bad enough, He also decided that gaining knowledge might eventually make up for the planned inferiority of humanity-- so he threw them out of the Garden of Eden so they wouldn't be munching any more of THOSE apple-flavored tidbits of knowledge!

Whew! Sound like fiction? Well, that's what the Bible says to me. You've got an omniscient, omnipotent being powerful enough to create the entire universe... yet petty enough to get really peeved if someone challenges His authority. Oh, yeah. I can believe that... how about you?