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Old 08-22-2007   #17 (permalink)
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Default Re: The God Delusion

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Originally Posted by compiledkernel View Post
To define as such, the God hypothesis, Yahweh (Elohim or God if you prefer) of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction. Jealous and proud of it, a petty, unjust, unforgiving control freak, a vindictive bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser, a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.
I just always assumed that the OT was an object lesson on the assertion that absolute power corrupts absolutely. But that might just be me.
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