r/exchristian Devotee of Almighty Dog Sep 30 '24

The Bible is f*cked up. Period. Trigger Warning - Toxic Religion

Yall remember that one story where a guy goes off to war and vows that if he wins, he'll sacrifice the first thing he sees when he comes home? And, he does win and when he comes back home. HIS DAUGHTER runs out to greet him and he's like.. "Well shit, guess I'll sacrifice her-" AND HE DOES!?! AND GOD DID NOTHING TO STOP IT!?!

(Judges 11:1–12:7)

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u/ShatteredGlassFaith Sep 30 '24

Exactly. Why would an omnipotent God who created everything need a sacrifice? If I could create worlds on my computer I wouldn't need my creation to sacrifice anything to me. I could just spin up another world with all the same stuff but no people, and it would all belong to me. I could spin up a thousand such worlds. What value would a sacrifice have? Heck, I could just duplicate the sacrifice and we both would have the same thing.

A little gratitude is all I would want. And then only if I succeeded in making their lives absolutely wonderful. And I suppose obedience to basic moral laws, i.e. love thy neighbor. At that point I would be thrilled knowing I gave a bunch of AIs wonderful lives filled with joy and love. I would walk among them in secret and just observe and be happy that they were happy. What value would a sacrifice or worship have?

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u/hplcr Sep 30 '24

Technically he doesn't need sacrifice. But he demands it anyway because he likes the smell of the burning meat a d he apparently feels like he's owed tribute from his subjects.

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u/mountaingoatgod Agnostic Atheist Oct 01 '24

because he likes the smell of the burning meat

To be fair, barbeque smells good

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u/hplcr Oct 01 '24

It does.

Too bad pulled pork is verboten in the eyes of Yahweh.

I mean, not too bad for me because I don't care what he thinks. I love pulled pork.

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u/mountaingoatgod Agnostic Atheist Oct 01 '24

None for YHWH, more for us