I was a very sincere young Christian preacher in Virginia and Illinois in the 1960s. I am NO LONGER a believer. I am DEEPLY INDEBTED to MANY people on my LONG journey away from all religion.
Jesus promised, “if then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask.” SADLY NOT TRUE! For thousands of years MILLIONS of people have prayed DESPERATELY for help from starvation, tornados, hurricanes, floods, fires, torture, rape, earthquakes, family violence, WAR… and received NO HELP! Would any loving human parent who is able to help their child desperately needing and BEGGING for help REFUSE to help their child? I WISH we had a FAIR, LOVING, ALL POWERFUL PARENT GOD who helped ALL who prayed for help. But all the wishing in the world does NOT make that true!
The Bible contains some precious wisdom, but many EVIL verses support SLAVERY! Paul wrote, “Servants obey your masters in all things.” So if the White master rapes your Black mother, “obey your master in all things?” The Bible a GOOD book? Hell no!
Many Bible verses support WAR! Joshua 10:40, “Joshua defeated the whole land, he utterly destroyed all that breathed as the Lord God of Israel commanded.” Nothing Hitler, Stalin, U.S. Presidents, many bloody dictators ever said was MORE EVIL than this verse! Total MASS MURDER commanded by the Lord God of Israel! The Bible a HOLY book? Hell no!
Paul wrote, “Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God, the powers that be are ordained of God.” Were the Nazis, was the U.S. government that MURDERED Millions in Native America, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central America, Gaza…ordained of God? When two nations are murdering each other in WAR are BOTH governments ordained of God? CRAZY, EVIL GARBAGE in the Bible!
Paul wrote, “Let the women learn in silence with all subjection.” The Bible puts women BELOW men in MANY verses. EVIL!
Jesus said, “Your heavenly father feeds the birds. Are you not of more value than the birds?” Millions have STARVED to death. God did NOT feed them. Jesus said, “Not one sparrow will fall to the ground without your father’s will. You are of more value than many sparrows.” Are the many disasters and atrocities suffered by millions for thousands of years according to God the father’s will?
What loving human parent would send their son or daughter to never-ending TORTURE with NO pardon, NO parole? Jesus told us to FORGIVE with no limit. Jesus told us to be MORE FORGIVING than God! INSANITY!
Proverbs 13:24, “He who spares the rod hates his son.” Using pain and violence on your son’s precious body to make him live right? Some of the WORST advice in the world on raising children! Imagine if the Bible had said instead, “The father and mother who give lots of strong, affectionate HUGS to BOTH their sons and their daughters from birth to death LOVE them.”
My weekly TV program on public access channel 27 is also on YouTube at DON SCHRADER.
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I was a very sincere young Christian preacher in Virginia and Illinois in the 1960s. I am NO LONGER a believer. I am DEEPLY INDEBTED to MANY people on my LONG journey away from all religion.
Jesus promised, “if then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask.” SADLY NOT TRUE! For thousands of years MILLIONS of people have prayed DESPERATELY for help from starvation, tornados, hurricanes, floods, fires, torture, rape, earthquakes, family violence, WAR… and received NO HELP! Would any loving human parent who is able to help their child desperately needing and BEGGING for help REFUSE to help their child? I WISH we had a FAIR, LOVING, ALL POWERFUL PARENT GOD who helped ALL who prayed for help. But all the wishing in the world does NOT make that true!
The Bible contains some precious wisdom, but many EVIL verses support SLAVERY! Paul wrote, “Servants obey your masters in all things.” So if the White master rapes your Black mother, “obey your master in all things?” The Bible a GOOD book? Hell no!
Many Bible verses support WAR! Joshua 10:40, “Joshua defeated the whole land, he utterly destroyed all that breathed as the Lord God of Israel commanded.” Nothing Hitler, Stalin, U.S. Presidents, many bloody dictators ever said was MORE EVIL than this verse! Total MASS MURDER commanded by the Lord God of Israel! The Bible a HOLY book? Hell no!
Paul wrote, “Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God, the powers that be are ordained of God.” Were the Nazis, was the U.S. government that MURDERED Millions in Native America, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Central America, Gaza…ordained of God? When two nations are murdering each other in WAR are BOTH governments ordained of God? CRAZY, EVIL GARBAGE in the Bible!
Paul wrote, “Let the women learn in silence with all subjection.” The Bible puts women BELOW men in MANY verses. EVIL!
Jesus said, “Your heavenly father feeds the birds. Are you not of more value than the birds?” Millions have STARVED to death. God did NOT feed them. Jesus said, “Not one sparrow will fall to the ground without your father’s will. You are of more value than many sparrows.” Are the many disasters and atrocities suffered by millions for thousands of years according to God the father’s will?
What loving human parent would send their son or daughter to never-ending TORTURE with NO pardon, NO parole? Jesus told us to FORGIVE with no limit. Jesus told us to be MORE FORGIVING than God! INSANITY!
Proverbs 13:24, “He who spares the rod hates his son.” Using pain and violence on your son’s precious body to make him live right? Some of the WORST advice in the world on raising children! Imagine if the Bible had said instead, “The father and mother who give lots of strong, affectionate HUGS to BOTH their sons and their daughters from birth to death LOVE them.”
My weekly TV program on public access channel 27 is also on YouTube at DON SCHRADER.
I LOVE PERSONAL QUESTIONS!
-Don Schrader
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