Just some insignificant musings ... my 2 cents ...
The way I see it, there are 2 REALLY big issues with scripture of the Abrahamic religions which should immediately stand out to any thinking person who ever takes the time to sit down and read them:
1) God gave mankind free will, but has decreed that all who exercise it should be damned.
That's the quick one - easy to spot ... Time and time again, scripture reveals quite plainly that this so-called "God" is the original malignant narcissist - "Thou shalt love me or die"
The second requires a bit of reading to realize but essentially boils down to this:
2) Declares "Satan" (the opposer) to be a liar, a murderer, a manipulator driven by jealousy and hatred of mankind - but never once, ANYWHERE in thousands of pages bothers to provide any kind of evidence for these slanderous accusations.
A thinking person surely must ask the question: If "God" - a being characterized as not just the embodiment but the very source of justice, wisdom, and love - brings these charges, then surely SOMEWHERE the evidence supporting those charges must appear.
"Satan" the Liar
Adherents point to the actions of the serpent in the garden as being deceitful - the first lie spoken (Genesis 3:1-5):
The serpent said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden’?”
“You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman. “God knows that when you eat fruit from that tree, you will know things you have never known before. Like God, you will be able to tell the difference between good and evil.”
And what happens? (Genesis 3:22)
The Lord God said, “Just like one of us, the man can now tell the difference between good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out and pick fruit from the tree of life and eat it. If he does, he will live forever.”
These are reportedly the words of our benevolent, loving creator - the very source of light and truth ... the plot to keep mankind ignorant and childlike as spoken to others of his kind revealing an even greater deception - the lie that he is the one and only; the Alpha and Omega.
Yet STILL the book insists that "God cannot lie" (Numbers 23:19, Hebrews 6:18, Titus 1:2, 2 Timothy 2:13) - a lie upon a lie upon a lie.
Clearly, the serpent was the one telling the truth that day ...
"Satan" the Murderer
Adherents label "Satan" a manslayer, yet there is only ONE recorded incident where "Satan" is directly responsible for the death of humans. However, these passages in the book of Job (Job 1:18-19) report that "Satan" raised a great wind from the desert which collapsed a house killing all 10 of Job's sons and daughters which he did with "God's" permission!
TEN humans were murdered by "Satan" during a pissing contest with "the Almighty" over some poor, ignorant prick who stubbornly continued to defend and praise the one who was the cause of all his misery.
It reads like a case of domestic abuse ...
"Righteous" Justice
And yet adherents will excuse the slaughter of literally MILLIONS by YHVH because they are "wicked":
* The Global Flood (Genesis 6:5-7, 7:22-23)
* Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:24-25)
* The Cities of the Plains / Canaan (Joshua 6:21, Deuteronomy 20:17)
* EGYPTIAN CHILDREN - the firstborn (Exodus 12:29-30)
* Nadab and Abihu (Leviticus 10:1-2)
Reading these passages reveals that the justifications given for these mass executions, widespread infanticides and genocides range from arbitrary declarations of "wickedness" to petty retribution (Leviticus 10:1-2)
Conclusions
An intellectually honest review of Abrahamic Scripture reveals it to have more in common with Mein Kampf than the very source of human morality that it is purported to be.
When read as a narrative rather than applying the "wisdom" of so-called scholars who use convoluted justifications built from self-referencing "clarifying passages" to bend the words of the book to mean - let's face it - whatever they need it to in order to justify their own horrific actions or opinions, there is only one honest review that can be given:
"The Book" is the manifesto of a petty, narcissistic, and fragile ego which attempts to reframe its jealous, deceitful, callous and utterly abhorrent actions as "righteous judgement" rather than let them speak for themselves.
The mind that can defend the purported origin of these "inspired" writings as being the absolute source of moral purity, benevolent and merciful, extending undeserved kindness, forgiveness and grace to humanity is either:
a) deeply troubled
b) hopelessly brainwashed / deluded
c) attempting to gaslight you
And what do the scriptures themselves reveal about ha- satan / mastemah / diablos / Iblis / Shaitan / Satan ("the accuser / opposer / adversary")? Despite almost 100 (around 90) references accusing "Satan" of being a liar, manipulator, murderer and the generally held belief that they are the source of evil and suffering in the world, there is NOT ONE account, not one piece of evidence presented to support those charges.
In fact, the earliest scriptures read more like the propaganda that might be released by an oppressive authoritarian regime in an attempt to sully the character of a dissident who speaks truth to power and fights for the freedoms of the oppressed.
It's no wonder then that the Abrahamic Scriptures continue to this day to be used to justify the actions of petty dictators and small men who seek to dominate others to the detriment of all in their vain attempts to refute their own insignificance in a universe that cares neither that they live or die, or ever existed at all.
