#petty god

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"Until I was twenty I was sure there was a being who could see everything I did and who didn't like most of it. He seemed to care about minute aspects of my life, like on what day of the week I ate a piece of meat. And yet, he let earthquakes and mudslides take out whole communities, apparently ignoring the saints among them who ate their meat on the assigned days.

Eventually, I realized that I didn't believe there was such a being.

It didn't seem reasonable.”

-- Alan Alda

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"If god and Satan existed, which of course they don't, I would definitely admire Satan.

Having the guts to stand against the 'most powerful being in existence' is an admirable quality.

On the other hand, being the 'most powerful being in existence' while hurting/killing/punishing feeble human beings, is an abhorrent quality."

And to top it all off, this 'most powerful being' made its own fulfilment conditional on receiving validation from the feeble humans. And gets mad when it doesn’t receive it from people who don’t even know it’s there. What a stupid creature.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Allah is obviously an incompetent pervert.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Fuck off, Jesus.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Since the bible is known to be a composite of myths and legends and tales from earlier cultures and religions, we can safely conclude its god is too.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“I read the Ten Commandments.

Is this the all-powerful creator of the universe, or a jealous 16-year-old girlfriend?”

-- Ian Harris

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Jealous is a petulant, pathetic little god.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

The Abrahamic god carries on like an insecure child, jealous of his older, more self-possessed and more capable Greco-Roman step-siblings.

If Jealous had a catchphrase, it would be “I’ll show ‘em, one day they’ll all be sorry.”