Well, then he shouldn’t have written his holy book to be almost completely contradictory to enlightened morality and science.
I’m not getting into this with you.
Oh, of course not. It’s not just your god’s holy book I find objectionable, by the way. I feel the same way, if not more strongly, about the Koran and Islam and I’d be happy to get into that if anyone cares.
Only really the old testament is like that, save for a few sections in the new testament. And they were all written by various men, not like they couldn’t have fucked up what they were supposed to put or added things to suit themselves.
I actually would argue that the morality of the New Testament is as repugnant and hypocritical as the Old Testament. Jesus Christ claims to be a God of love yet consigns all those who do not kiss his ass the way he wants them to into eternal hellfire. He’s supposed to be a god of forgiveness yet tells those who act as stumbling blocks to children (or believers, it’s not clear exactly what he’s referring to) would have been better off drowned. He says that the one who dares to blaspheme the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness. He says it’d be better for Judas to never have been born, etc. etc. Christ condemns the death penalty but then Peter kills the man and woman that try to scam his church money collection. Also, by today’s standards, in the narrative of Revelation it’s impossible to honestly come away from that viewing God as less destructive than Satan and his Antichrist. And those are just the more intense flaws I see with it on a moral level. As it relates to today’s world, the New Testament has incredibly misogynist and anti-gay sentiments as well that do still shape the views of many of our politicians and voters in this country. Of course it was written by men, I get that and don’t expect ancient writing to fit today’s moral standard, but if we think of it as a book that was orchestrated by God himself, then it’s just not impressive to me and I find it unfortunate that people think it’s an appropriate source to gleam their morality from.