God and my Neighbour by Robert Blatchford
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to the Christian religion as the All-Father, and Creator of the Universe.
For Jehovah was a savage war-god, and, as such, was impotent to save the tribe who worshipped him. But let us look further into the accounts of this original God of the Christians, and see how he comported himself, and let us put our examples under separate heads; thus: Jehovah's Anger Jahweh's bad temper is constantly displayed in the Bible. Jahweh made a man, whom he supposed to be perfect. When the man turned bad on his hands, Jahweh was angry, and cursed him and his seed for thousands of years. This vindictive act is accepted by the Apostle Paul as a natural thing for a God of Love to do. Jahweh who had already cursed all the seed of Adam, was so angry about man's sin, in the time of Noah, that he decided to drown all the people on the earth except Noah's family, and not only that, but to drown nearly all the innocent animals as well. When the children of Israel, who had eaten nothing but manna for forty years, asked Jahweh for a change of diet, Jahweh lost his temper again, and sent amongst them "fiery serpents," so that "much people of Israel died." But still the desire for other food remained, and the Jews wept for meat. Then the Lord ordered Moses to speak to the people as follows: ... The Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. Ye shall |
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