Religion Doesn’t Require Bigotry, And Don’t Let Anyone Claim Otherwise

[AtheistCrusader]

42. So, did it help you understand torture and murder?

Because that's the core material of Job; torture and murder. According to that tale, not only did god take his wealth, it killed his entire family. Murder.

How does one gloss over that and come out with a useful nugget about perseverance? That a man whose family could be murdered, can still find love for the murderer, who simply relents and supplies him with a new family (different people)?


It's such an incredible horror overshadowing the entire story, that no, I don't see it as 'good stuff' or 'inspiration'.

I don't understand people who interpret that material like you do. To sift through bloody-minded outright slaughter of humans to find a nugget of positivity, and ignore the field of blood you had to wade through to get to it. That's fucking horrifying. I do not understand you.

It's like the people who talk to kids about the wonderful promise made to the world in the form of rainbows, and the uplifting story of Noah and the animals and the ark, and completely glossing over planetary genocide. Murder. Death. Drowning. Horrible, awful murder, elective murder, over a lack of mutual respect, essentially.

Horrifying.

It's not 'cherry picking' to recognize what the bible itself says and how much blood gets on your hand when you reach into that pile of murder and torture, and horror, sifting through for a bright spot.