Why this forum is about everything except the sweet science actually?

[Gandalf]

I am currently reading the Bible for kicks and God seems like a complete cunt.

" The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple"

Keep on reading!

P.S. if anybody wants to discuss the Bible and such, we can make a separate thread.

It's comedy at best. The only reason people still adhere to that book is because of childhood indoctrination or trauma that has suddenly led to belief.

The Old Testament in particular is a treatment of religious deity as psychopath. If that is your Lord, then go right through those pearly gates, and enjoy.

Old Testament was over ~ 2000 ago, God showed his judgemental nature there for a reason or reasons. Now we (who choose) live under God's grace. You can only appreciate the grace after you know how severe is God towards unrighteousness and sin in people.

So basically you are saying God got older and is now more chilled out?

I don't think I appreciate the grace because I am not sinning like some of you religious people. I am not destroying the planet and buying stocks in the military and oil corporations, and claiming to be a Christian and thus because I am going to heaven, I can act how I want. As a non-believer, I believe in the here and now.

For me, much of the problem is about believers as they make excuses for the destruction. Christians are traditionally against trying to control global warming. They have a self built mechanism in that they are going to heaven and can ignore all the consequences. 'I'm a Christian, I fucked up. Sorry God. Open the gates, be a sport. Just forgive me'.

It is a deplorable attitude and abdicates responsibility. There are no chosen people, you live with what you have and make the most of what you can in the lifetime that you have. Life is better without the assumption of second chances and forgiveness. You can make mistakes in the lifetime, but it is all you have and if you fail, then that is your condemnation.