Sorry I haven't kept up with this page. I will be doing more today. I just want to say that with the "Noah" movie out, there's been so much nonsense floating around about the flood story, which we've already covered here. As such, I just want to stress that this story exists on a whole different plane of stupidity. I know people hold the Bible sacred, and I know I'm shitting all over it right now, but I don't care. If you're an adult, and you have actually read the flood story, and you actually believe it literally, you need to take a serious look at your grasp on reality. First of all, let's look at the reasons for the flood of the entire Earth:
* Humans were wicked.
* Because humans were wicked, their corruption cursed the ground. Let me repeat this, because it bears repeating: HUMAN CORRUPTION CURSED THE GROUND. If you believe the Bible literally, you have to believe that human sin can corrupt both living things and inanimate objects, cursing them to wickedness.
Now, let's look at what the flood--which, I must stress, NEVER HAPPENED ON A GLOBAL SCALE--destroyed:
* "Wicked" humans
* Babies, who wouldn't have known what wickedness was anyway
* Every animal that didn't make it onto the ark. Now, people have so much hatred for Michael Vick, but this Yahweh character is responsible for so much more cruelty, it's unconscionable. Drowning isn't quick. There's a few minutes of suffering there, and what the hell did the animals do?
Okay, that's enough, because it doesn't matter. The flood did not happen. There is no scientific evidence for a global flood. But here's the thing: even if the flood story was literally true, what the God character in the Bible says afterwards invalidates his reason for doing it, and calls into question his omniscience. He says that men will always have wickedness in their hearts, so he will never destroy the Earth by flood again. WHAT??!? You couldn't think of that before destroying everything?
And I'm here to say that whoever authored the book of Genesis was wrong. Human beings are quite fallible, and they are capable of bad things, but for the most part, they just want to live their lives, love, have friends, maybe have kids, and grow old. For every monster who bombs a federal building or a crowded event, there are literally millions (with all of the media reach) who pour out their generosity to help injured survivors and the families of deceased victims.
In any case, if human beings really were wicked at heart, the deity would only have himself to blame, since he claimed he made us in his image.
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