My hat is off to the crew of the Ask An Atheist radio show and podcast, based out of the SeaTac region of Washington state, USA. On last Sunday's show, they made an absolutely fantastic example of Yahweh's character as described in the Bible. I'm crediting the Ask An Atheist crew with creating the demonstration, but if it has been used before, I'm not aware of it.
The premise was a simple game. One host reads a quote, and the other hosts had to guess whether this quote came from Yahweh as written in the Bible, or from a comic book super-villain named Doctor Doom. You may think it sounds easy, but it was really, really tough. I couldn't possibly do it justice in text, so listen for yourself here. The relevant part begins at about 18:35 of the audio.
The point is extremely obvious. The fictional character of Yahweh is a fucking thug. It is evil and I am proud to say that I am far superior to it in the morality department, as are probably all of the people reading this. People who describe Yahweh as "all-loving" or "pure goodness" are deluded and/or plain ignorant. When one cannot tell the difference between a quote from a super-villain or a quote from an "all-good" deity, something is wrong.
The premise was a simple game. One host reads a quote, and the other hosts had to guess whether this quote came from Yahweh as written in the Bible, or from a comic book super-villain named Doctor Doom. You may think it sounds easy, but it was really, really tough. I couldn't possibly do it justice in text, so listen for yourself here. The relevant part begins at about 18:35 of the audio.
The point is extremely obvious. The fictional character of Yahweh is a fucking thug. It is evil and I am proud to say that I am far superior to it in the morality department, as are probably all of the people reading this. People who describe Yahweh as "all-loving" or "pure goodness" are deluded and/or plain ignorant. When one cannot tell the difference between a quote from a super-villain or a quote from an "all-good" deity, something is wrong.