Monday, September 18, 2006
You're One Violent Muthafuka!
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The pope's actual address. Some interesting reactions here (Pharyngula) and here (Sam Harris).
I was attracted to the following quote to which pope Benny does not seem to object:
'Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul. "God", he says, "is not pleased by blood - and not acting reasonably (σὺν λόγω) is contrary to God's nature. Faith is born of the soul, not the body. Whoever would lead someone to faith needs the ability to speak well and to reason properly, without violence and threats... To convince a reasonable soul, one does not need a strong arm, or weapons of any kind, or any other means of threatening a person with death...".' Pope Benny apparently agrees that 'violence is against the Nature of God.'
This is manifestly untrue. According to the Very Old and Odius Testament itself, God is pleased by blood! Very pleased! So pleased, in fact, by blood that He became something of a joke in Jerusalem: they called him, 'Lord of the Flies' because all that blood spilled by temple sacrifices attracted thousands of flies.
God is very pleased by the penile blood of infants and converts. Even if a convert to Judaism is already circumcised God demands at least a drop of penile blood.
The Christians are well aware of God's penchant for blood: God condemned 'His only Son' to suffer, bleed, and die on Earth for man's sins against 'The Father' (God). God was unable to simply forgive and forget: He needed blood.
Violence against animals produces blood; violence against infants produces blood; violence against 'His only Son' produces blood. Obviously violence is part of God's Nature: God is violent!
The pope's actual address. Some interesting reactions here (Pharyngula) and here (Sam Harris).
I was attracted to the following quote to which pope Benny does not seem to object:
'Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul. "God", he says, "is not pleased by blood - and not acting reasonably (σὺν λόγω) is contrary to God's nature. Faith is born of the soul, not the body. Whoever would lead someone to faith needs the ability to speak well and to reason properly, without violence and threats... To convince a reasonable soul, one does not need a strong arm, or weapons of any kind, or any other means of threatening a person with death...".' Pope Benny apparently agrees that 'violence is against the Nature of God.'
This is manifestly untrue. According to the Very Old and Odius Testament itself, God is pleased by blood! Very pleased! So pleased, in fact, by blood that He became something of a joke in Jerusalem: they called him, 'Lord of the Flies' because all that blood spilled by temple sacrifices attracted thousands of flies.
God is very pleased by the penile blood of infants and converts. Even if a convert to Judaism is already circumcised God demands at least a drop of penile blood.
The Christians are well aware of God's penchant for blood: God condemned 'His only Son' to suffer, bleed, and die on Earth for man's sins against 'The Father' (God). God was unable to simply forgive and forget: He needed blood.
Violence against animals produces blood; violence against infants produces blood; violence against 'His only Son' produces blood. Obviously violence is part of God's Nature: God is violent!
