by BU2B 142 Replies latest watchtower bible
"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent". -Isaac Asimov
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Since god more times than not used violence and force, or the threat thereof, to get his way....well, you be the judge as to why.
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"Men, in order to do evil, must first believe that what they are doing is good." -Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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What better way to get people to commit any atrocity than to convince them god said to do it??
I think once you come to the realization that this Bible god YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah, is so evil, and seemingly thriving on the suffering of humans, you come to the conclusion that this god is really the Devil, not the Father in Heaven Christ spoke of. And isn't it interisting, Jesus never mentions this evil god by name as his Father in Heaven.
Shana
a watcher wrote Jehovah had to be tough with early mankind. They were hard-headed and hard-hearted.
But with the new covenant, Jehovah showed His loving side in the person of His son Jesus.
It's a lot easier to be a Christian than it was to be a Hebrew.
So is that why jehovah killed many infants, women, and made some virgens who were not killed into concubines?
This is something I noticed long before I had any disagreements with the WT. Some of the OT accounts were just chilling to read, in my opinion. The images of men, women and children being slaughtered really stuck with me. I couldn't help thinking, so...no one could be spared? Some of the violence was pretty graphic. I just couldn't wrap my head around how God was not only okay with it, but actually commanded that it be done.
I figured, well, if God is okay with this sort of thing, then he's nothing more than a dictator in his own right. His ultimate goal seems to be to kill everyone who doesn't measure up. I thought of the 'new system' as a world where the slightest wrong thought would get you killed. And no one would even remember you were there, because God would wipe their memories. Didn't seem like a safe and happy place to me. Just a place where happiness would be a thin disguise for fear.
So...I didn't know this would become relevant to my future awakening, I just figured it was part of all the 'warning examples' and the warning was: Obey or Die. I assumed the end would be good, so maybe God was right in wiping out people who opposed him. I couldn't say how exactly. I just trusted it to be true. My mistake.
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a watcher wrote Jehovah had to be tough with early mankind. They were hard-headed and hard-hearted.
But with the new covenant, Jehovah showed His loving side in the person of His son Jesus.
It's a lot easier to be a Christian than it was to be a Hebrew.
So is that why jehovah killed many infants, women, and made some virgens who were not killed into concubines?
Supposedly Job was a blameless upright man who didn't desearve the suffering and loss and pain Jehovah Yahweh, had wreaked down on him and his family. Heard hearted Job???? Really. Evil god.
Shana
Yes, God was on a power trip in the OT. Any enemy
of my people, wipe them out. Children, women and
babies, doen't matter I'am vengeful God.
Humm, maybe I made a mistake. Lets turn this around.
I will send my son and give him instructions, love your enemy
don't wipe them from the face of the earth. Lay down your sword
and turn the other cheek. And just maybe they will forget about all the
blood that was shed in my name in the past.
You know what I think, there are two Gods. The first God took a break
after the OT. God two took over in the NT and God one came back
in Revelation. Unless God have a split personality.
If there is a God, I'm in deep sh---t. LOL
Agree totally with the OP. What a douche bag this bible god is. He warns the muderer Cain that he is heading down the wrong path, but doen't warn Abel??? He kills David's baby slowly over an entire week. It suffers the whole time. It was innocent. He has angels in Lots house, but instead of a miracle he lets a young girl get savagely raped all right. What a dick.
How do JWs NOT SEE the obvious?
The same goes for most religions.
Confirmation bias is the answer.
They see what they want to see. Delusion is a terrible thing.
He warns the muderer Cain that he is heading down the wrong path, but doen't warn Abel???
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What's worse is Jehovah did nothing to protect Abel, his faithful servant, but he did protect Cain after he murdered Abel by issuing a "hands off" protective order for Cain's benefit. That way Cain could enjoy a long life while Abel lay rotting. Nice god, this Jehovah.
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God's moral compass is completely dysfunctional.
