[leeoniya]

> But damn. Belief in a petty, spiteful God-man? How can people perpetuate such an idea? Just to scare children?

this is something i've always found hilarious. he's all-powerful, all-knowing, all-seeing. he created us, and now demands our love, adoration, and is jealous. is he lonely? is there nothing else to do in this universe except be concerned with how we live our lives? punish us with plagues? he gave us free will to then judge us in the end based on how restrained we were in exercising it?

it's silliness.

[cmurf]

It's capriciousness. The god of the bible has all the psychological characteristics of man. The slogan is "God made man in His image." But the foundational documents show it is, yet again, another man-made deity. One of thousands man has created and disposed of.

Job is the best book though. God and Satan make a bet...