LELAND W. RUBLE
The Bible is filled with matters related to punishment for not obeying rules, regulations, and a host of commandments, which supposedly were concocted by a never-seen god, whose existence has not, and never will be ascertained as a factually living, thriving being. He/she/it or whatever, is advertised by the religious as existing, even though there is zip, zero, zilch evidence for its existence. The idea of an existing god(s) has been promoted by lies, hearsay, rumors, and myths that originated in the imaginations of the priestly class those main objective has always been to gain authoritarian influence and control over the societies in which they function. Without a god, they would have no authority nor the capability to interfere in politics or established governments.
If Flat Earthers and no-nothing creationists were asked if the biblical god created this planet and life, the answer would be, “Without a doubt.” If nontheists were asked the same question, it would be a resounding “No.”
Isn’t it ironic that the same god who supposedly informs humanity that if they don’t obey its commandments—most of which are no longer applicable, since they were concocted in an age when god belief in some denominations was even more insane then it is in this era—they would be severely punished. However, this same god avoids any form of punishment for breaking every one of its commands.
The religionists do not question, and even ignore this god’s countless acts of murder, for droughts, hurricanes, floods, volcanic eruptions, disease, earthquakes and disregard for humanity, by breaking every commandment it insists humans not disobey. If, as the religionists believe, their god is the cause of everything, including the creation of its opposite, Satan, then it is also responsible for every tragedy that occurs on this planet. There’s always an irrational excuse from religious fundamentalists for every natural and manmade disaster. For example, the tragedy of 9/11 was blamed by the late Jerry Falwell in the presence of Pat Robertson, as the result of pagans, abortionists, feminists, and gays for bringing about the attacks in New York and Washington. In other words God had no intention of intervening, because those previously mentioned, are detested by their god.
Isn’t this enough to conclude that the biblical god is the most insane tyrannical despot and non-existent object of devotion ever conceived in the imagination of priestly authoritarians? How can this god get away with informing humanity (through its authors) that it can’t do this or do that without being eternally disciplined in an afterlife, yet it, itself, can do whatever it damn well pleases without being convicted of crimes against humanity? Do the priests, clergy, and preachers of this imagined god, realize just how totally contradictory their god’s commands are, especially when it gets away with murder, yet is not found guilty for the same and worse crimes it commands humanity (its supposed creation) not commit? How do the religious worship and dedicate their lives to a god who is the most criminally, invisible, and psychotic deity ever imagined by the human mind?
As for the afterlife as described in the bible, we are offered two choices—in some religions there are more—hell or heaven. Neither is a realistic option for spending eternity. And, a god that condemns anyone for living an existence the religious fatuously proclaim, god created, should never, no matter what, deserve eternity being stuffed into an oven and roasted over and over again in a mythical hell. Only a religious maniac with the intention of creating fear in his converts, and those not yet converted, could imagine and concoct such a sadistic scenario.
The only individuals on this planet who accuse the biblical god of crimes against humanity, are those who have come to the realization that the nonexistent god worshiped by the religious, is nothing more than a horrible, nightmare creation of human imagination.
Because a thing (god) cannot be proven to be an existing entity, it is absurd to place faith in an unverifiable, nonsensical object. Having faith and not proof, does not suggest by any rational means, that a god exists. We can prove gravity exists, time exists, life exists, death exists, but no theologian, no matter how expert he may be in matters relating to theology, can offer one iota of evidence that the biblical god was, is, or still is, an actual existing entity. Faith that something which the universe does not recognize, may exist, is the same as someone believing the earth is flat and that photos of this planet as a round globe are deceptive distortions of reality. Likewise for those who insist on criticizing evolution, because if they admitted it was a reality, they would be compelled to deny the false evidence of creation as depicted in the bible. And, worse than this, would result for members of the clergy, in permanent unemployment once the creation myth in Genesis were exposed as another fairy tale in a bible that is the writing of authors whose minds were seeped in the fantasy of an unreal supernatural reality.
Since it is impossible—if a god(s) doesn’t exist—to prosecute a nonexistent god for its crimes against humanity, another, or several alternatives are possible. To convince the religious community that their make-believe god is without doubt, the worst tyrannical criminal in the known history of this planet, it is essential to bring attention to its atrocities through books, articles, the world-wide net, and other forms of communication that is not, as in some societies, suppressed by existing governments that do not recognize any form of church/state separation.
How then would one go about prosecuting a non-existing thing? It would require an individual or group of people to sue this entity in a court for crimes committed by its clergy, for defending the atrocities this god supposedly did according to the authors of its supernatural existence in the biblical text.
Therefore, the prosecution of god if directed toward those who defend its countless tragedies are prosecuted, they should have to coherently explain why they find no fault with its ordering its prophets and converts to kill innocent women, children, babies, men, and animals. They should also be required to explain why they praise, pray, obey, and follow the dictates of this god even though it has a record of being a cruel tyrant that has shown little, if any respect, for humans that believe in other gods or especially, no gods. They should also have to explain why this god was so disrespectful of life, that it found it suitable to create the circumstances that led to the flooding and drowning of all human and animal life, with the insane exception of one human family and an odd assortment of animals.
They should be required to present evidence of their god’s actions in regard to plagues, diseases, illness, and other tragedies done because this god was pissed off at some individual or group that opposed its authoritarian dictatorship over human life. The clergy should also be held responsible for all those who, by sincerely believing what their clergy preached, in turn, committed outrageous crimes in this god’s name. Crimes such as the sexual assault of children, the bombing of abortion clinics, and the killing of doctors involved in legal and medically sanctioned abortions.
Psychologists and psychiatrists should be required to present evidence for how many patients they have treated, who are mentally incapacitated because of religious delusions derived from belief in a god. A convert to the pseudoreligion of Christian Science should be required to present evidence for how many patients did not survive as a result of prayers to an almighty god. And, if possible, present evidence for how this god intervenes physically or spiritually by answering prayers (an absolutely impossible claim). The current pope and his entire entourage of bishops and cardinals should be subpoenaed and required to divulge how and in what way the thousands of saints recognized by his church have the awesome ability to intervene in someone’s life even though they no longer exist. The clergy should also have to give a rational explanation for what they mean by spiritual, and identify for the court exactly where and in what part of the body this thing resides. They should also be asked to give evidence for a virgin birth, the location of heaven, the location of hell, the probable time when they expect the return of Jesus, proof of why the Christian religion believes there is such a thing as a Holy Ghost, and why this god required his son or himself—if god is Jesus and Jesus is the Holy Spirit and all three are one—then it follows that the biblical god brutally crucified himself for the nonexistent sins of past and present human beings.
There should also be a requirement that those professing belief (without proof) in a god, clearly explain how they arrived at this conclusion without presenting any evidence to sustain such an absurd belief. Anyone can nominate, for instance, a large stone, and say god resides in this stone, but the only way you’ll be convinced, is by having faith that the stone is the habitation of a god. Without proof of a god, there is NO god. God is established on faith, but faith is NOT evidence. The reason most atheists become atheists, is because they arrived at the conclusion that it is utterly impossible and improbable for such a thing as a god to exist. The universe (cosmos) is the origin and creation of its own existence. It does not need nor require the intervention of a god to go about its business of sustaining itself. It’s absurd to even think a god had any authority over the universe, this planet, or any physical element.
The universe does not need a god to create a planet. The universe does not require a god to create human, animal, or plant life. The universe is the source of all creation. It does not need a spokesperson in the form of a tyrannical god to do what it has done for the billions of years before some remote civilization imagined a primitive concept of a god as a way to explain what they lacked the knowledge to understand.
Naturally, no court will (not in this era) ever convene to question the authenticity of the biblical god or any other god promoted by belief based on some mythical fairy tale.
The civilized world is evolving from reliance on non-existent gods, and away from beliefs that are reliant on assuming a supernatural existence separate from the one we physically inhabit, and relying on a more humanistic approach toward life that is absent the dictate and impractical demands of religions based on a fatuous, idiotic assumption that a god is real, and not the misconceived deception of an ancient priestly class that used god-belief to create the circumstances for authoritarian dominance over society.