Few years ago, someone asked me & my friends an interesting question:
"What question you want to ask to God?"
My question to God will be:
"God, why you are such a lousy, incompetent, writer?"
Now, let me clarify that question. A writer has the obligation to state his point as clear as possible. Moreso in the case of non-fiction writer. The point maybe broad, but nevertheless, IT HAS TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR! The problem with many writers is, somehow some of their readers misunderstand their point. Sometimes, their readers misinterpret their thesis. So ... why from the same holy scripture many denominations could arise?
Listen, this is not about DETAILS like whether Jesus was put on a cross or just a piece of not-cross wood, this is about many fundamental points like ... how to be saved.
The Christians until now can't agree whether it is work or faith or grace that is most important. The Catholics said it is work, that's why they could sell indulgences. Martin Luther protested and said it is faith. Meanwhile, John Calvin said, everything is irrelevant, only God's grace that could save human.
Huh? Whatta hell? Hey, hey, this is arguably THE MOST important question: HOW TO BE SAVED, why they can't agree on the answer? Each answer has deep consequences, for example, believe in "saved through action" paves the ways to the selling of indulgence. That's why you can't just b.s. yourselves by trying to argue that this is NOT an important point. Some Christians may try to combine it, for example: "Faith and action are sign of we receiving grace from God." Nice interpretation, but how about other denomination who thought otherwise? Ask a Catholics pastor whether he agree on that. Ask a Baptist preacher. Ask a Presbyterian missionary. Ask a Pentecostal priest. Etc. Heck, asked the Jehovah's Witness couple who just ring your door. Ask a Mormon elder too!
Same in Islam. Many radical-terrorists claim that Islam order them to be suicide bombers, destroying other religion's temples, etc, while the moderates said that Islam shouldn't be judged based on its worst elements, based on people who misunderstood the religion. Hold on there, so the moderates in essence said that the omniscient and omni-benevolent Allah didn't know that His scripture could be interpreted as an endorsement of the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, etc.?
Now you see, "lousy" and "incompetent" is a relative thing. In this case, "lousy" is in comparison with the super-duper-ultra-extreme-high standard set by religion: an omniscient, omni-benevolent, omnipotent, and meddling being. A human being who created a faulty book, or a faulty law could defend themselves because THEY ARE NOT PERFECT. God can't do that. Like I said before "With infinite power came infinite responsibility."
Oh, for the Bible, I can listed some horrible things that the Bible endorsed or didn't pay much attention to:
- Incest (Adam & Eve, Noah and the great flood.)
- Child abuse (Abraham & Isaac, see the next link for more detail.)
- Slavery & Genocide (Moses, Joshua, and whenever the Israeli made war.)
And that is NOT a complete list. Why an omniscient and omni-benevolent being could endorse(d) and order(ed) such barbaric acts? So, back to my question: so God, please tell me why you are such a lousy writer?
And what about OTHER religions? How come some of the holy scriptures are so similar, yet so different? Why God can't foreseen that His contradicting writings could cause deaths in BILLIONS thanks to all the religious wars across history?
Seriously God, why You can't write more harmless and peaceful scriptures? Why, why, why?
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