Fred Jones wrote:
>
> Have you ever taken the time to read the Bible's story of Noah's flood?
And have
> you ever pondered what this story's position in the Bible might actually
mean?
> While there are many people who consider the Bible, and therefore Noah's
story,
> to be literally true, most educated and intelligent people understand
that the
> story of Noah's flood is a myth. They understand that Mt. Everest was
never
> covered in flood water, they understand that the ark could not hold the
millions
> of species that are now found on earth, and they understand that there
is no DNA
> evidence to show that all animals on earth came from single breeding
pairs just
> a few thousand years ago.
>
> But there is one part of the story of Noah's Ark that deserves special
> recognition. It shows us something about God that is quite unsettling to
any
> intelligent person who takes the time to consider his actions. That
special
> section is this:
>
> God senselessly murdered millions of humans and billions of animals in
the
> flood
> How do we know it was senseless? Because "God" is supposed to be
"all-knowing"
> and "all-powerful." If God were to exist, God would know what was coming
when he
> created Adam and Eve. Therefore, God knew he would be murdering millions
of
> people.
> This realization leads to an obvious question: Why didn't God simply
speed up
> Jesus' arrival to avoid the atrocity that is the flood? Or why didn't
God
> program Adam and Eve when he created them to completely cir***vent the
need for
> such a horrendous atrocity?
>
> You may have never considered this question, but it is exquisitely
im****tant.
> Because the flood is an atrocity of the highest order. It is mass murder
on a
> global scale.
Ah yes, but it is a lovely story for the young at heart,
brings out gasps of amazment and the "Ooohs" and th
"aaaahs' and once you have got 'em at that early age there's
a strong change you got 'em for life, as many posters here
tend to show
>
> The idea that Christians would accept a mass-murderer as their object of
wor****p
> shows us something about Christians, does it not? Think about it
aye but are they not programmed 'not to think'?
- By
> (supposedly) murdering nearly every human on the planet, the Christian
God is
> far more heinous than Hitler. No "loving" and "perfect" being can also
be a
> mass-murderer bent of global genocide. Yet Christians willfully wor****p
him.
> Why?
>
> If you are a Christian, I would ask you to simply look inside yourself
today.
> Why would you accept a mass murderer into your life?
>
> And Noah's flood is not the only place where God displays these horrific
> tendencies toward mindless slaughter. Here are several other examples.
>
> In the book of Exodus chapter 12 verse 28, God writes about one of his
early
> massacres:
>
> So the people of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded through
Moses and
> Aaron. And at midnight the LORD killed all the firstborn sons in the
land of
> Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the
> firstborn son of the captive in the dungeon. Even the firstborn of their
> livestock were killed. Pharaoh and his officials and all the people of
Egypt
> woke up during the night, and loud wailing was heard throughout the land
of
> Egypt. There was not a single house where someone had not died.
> Here the death of the children is directly at the hand of God.
> In Isaiah chapter 13, God paints this word picture:
>
> Anyone who is captured will be run through with a sword. Their little
children
> will be dashed to death right before their eyes. Their homes will be
sacked and
> their wives raped by the attacking hordes. For I will stir up the Medes
against
> Babylon, and no amount of silver or gold will buy them off. The
attacking armies
> will shoot down the young people with arrows. They will have no mercy on
> helpless babies and will show no compassion for the children.
> Is this the imprint of a "loving" God?
> In Jeremiah chapter 49, verse 20, God paints a similar picture:
>
> Therefore hear the plan which the LORD has made against Edom and the
purposes
> which he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little
ones of
> the flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at
their
> fate. At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of
their cry
> shall be heard at the Red Sea.
> In Hosea chapter 13, God paints a similar picture:
> Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her
God; they
> shall fall by the sword, their little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
and their
> pregnant women ripped open.
> In Numbers chapter 31, God paints a similar picture:
> Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live? Behold, these
caused the
> people of Israel, by the counsel of Balaam, to act treacherously against
the
> LORD in the matter of Pe'or, and so the plague came among the
congregation of
> the LORD. Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill
every
> woman who has known man by lying with him. But all the young girls who
have not
> known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
> Here Moses, acting as an agent of God, specifies that thousands of male
babies
> and children be killed, as well as thousands of women. The Bible states
in verse
> 35 that the captured women numbered "thirty-two thousand persons in all,
women
> who had not known man by lying with him." This was not a small attack.
Tens of
> thousands men, women and children were massacred.
> In Deuteronomy Chapter 3 we find this:
>
> Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king
of Bashan
> with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei. The LORD
said to
> me, "Do not be afraid of him, for I have handed him over to you with his
whole
> army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites,
who
> reigned in Heshbon." So the LORD our God also gave into our hands Og
king of
> Bashan and all his army. We struck them down, leaving no survivors. At
that time
> we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we
did not
> take from them-the whole region of Argob, Og's kingdom in Bashan. All
these
> cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there
were
> also a great many unwalled villages. We completely destroyed them, as we
had
> done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying every city-men, women and
children.
> But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off
for
> ourselves.
> They massacred all the men, women and children in 60 cities at God's
request.
> Even in the "New Testament" we find the same sort of thing. In the book
of
> Matthew, chapter 2, mixed into the Christmas story, the Bible describes
an
> amazing massacre of thousands of babies:
>
> And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with
Mary his
> mother, and fell down, and wor****pped him: and when they had opened
their
> treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and
myrrh. And
> being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod,
they
> departed into their own country another way. And when they were
departed,
> behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying,
Arise, and
> take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou
there
> until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy
him.
> When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and
departed
> into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be
fulfilled
> which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I
called
> my son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was
> exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in
> Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under,
> according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Then was
> fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, In Rama
was
> there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning,
Rachel
> weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are
not.
> Think about the thousands of families who were affected by this
massacre. The
> Bible describes their suffering: they wept and could not be comforted.
Of course
> they could not be comforted. If you are a parent, you know exactly how
> distraught you would feel if an agent of the government came to your
door one
> morning and slaughtered your children.
> Why would God do this? Why would you want anything to do with such a
muderous,
> horrific being? What can we say about people who would want to believe
in such a
> being? Why would any normal, intelligent, ethical human being "wor****p"
such a
> heinous, demented and despicable "god" as this?
>
> It is impossible for a "perfect" and "loving" being to also be heinous,
demented
> and despicable. As an intelligent person, you should be able to see
that.
>
> This impossibility tells us that God is imaginary.
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