Koldo
Outstanding Member
If you had to choose one, and only one, argument against the God of Abraham as described in the Bible ( both Hebrew and Christian ), what would it be?
Please vote in the poll. I tried to cover all the major objections, and I'm interested to know if I missed anything.
My vote? God doesn't listen. I think that's the single best argument against God.
Thank you in advance for your response.
- No evidence? It's not really an argument against.
- Harsh / evil actions in the bible? The NT and Christian theology explains most of that stuff.
- The bible is unrealistic / fake? It doesn't bother me.
- Suffering / Starvation / Disease / Pests / Pestilence? It's a really good argument, my 2nd choice.
- No intervention against tyrants and the worst of the worst criminals. This is my 3rd choice.
...God never listens ... to what I say... and you don't get a refund ... if you over-pray...
Swinging on the lifeline
Fraying bits of twine
Entangled in the remnants of the
Knot I left behind
And asking you to help me make it
Finally unwind
But God never listens to what I say
God never listens to what I say
And you don't get a refund
If you overpray
And when the line is breaking
And when I'm near the end
When all the time spent leading
I've been following instead
When all my thoughts and memories are
Left hanging by a thread
God never listens...
Stranded on this slender string
The minutes seem to last a lifetime
Dangling here between the light above
And blue below that drags me down
But God never listens to what I say
God never listens to what I say
And you don't get a refund
If you overpray
I genuinely think that God not doing anything impactful against evil/suffering/tyrants is the weakest argument against the bible God.
Everyone is a sinner in Christianity. And sinners deserve to die. God made that clear with the flood. So, expect nothing more than crumbs on this life IF you get lucky. Likewise, in Islam, the reward for worshipping and obeying is to be gained in the hereafter.
In Judaism, if you are not a jew, God has almost nothing to do with you. And if you are, you know God's relationship with jews has never been a complete paradise (remember that God allowed slavery to happen to jews in Egypt, or so the story says).