The monstrosity of Christian belief
Like most evil but popular ideologies, Christianity is seen as a mostly loving, peaceful system that is marred by human nature and a desire to use it for power. While certainly any authoritarian ideology will be used for power, this does not make the ideology itself good.
It is hard to see the Bible itself as little more than hate speech and unsuitable for reading. It is filled with blood and panegyrics for destruction and self-destruction. It condones such things as genocides, mass murders, sacrifices, slavery, ignorance, intolerence, intellectual and physical submission, and capital punishment.
God provides us with an exemplary moral example. God encourages genocide, while forbidding killing. God demands people to follow the Sabbath, while Jesus claims it is not needed. According to the Bible, God's omnibenevolence includes wiping out cities, and in one particular case (the Flood) wiping out all life on Earth, killing his own followers a number of times, advocating capital punishment for all kinds of victimless crimes, and condemning unbelievers to eternal torment, even though the obviousness of its existence is unavailable to most people.
Does the Bible support human rights ? Jesus and his disciples encouraged slavery (Matt 10:24-25, John 13:16, 1 Peter 2:18-20, Ephesians 6:5-9, Colossians 3:22-24), the Bible supports capital punishment for all kinds of actions such as cursing or hitting one's parents (Leviticus 20:9, Exodus 21:15), being a witch (Exodus 22:18), bestiality (Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 20:15-16), breaking the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14, Numbers 15:32-36), adultery (Leviticus 20:10), homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13), worshipping other gods or hate God (Deuteronomy 6:14-15), Deuteronomy 7:9-10), and so on and so forth. The Bible also supports punishing the individual for the crimes of his ancestors (Genesis 3:16-19, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Deuteronomy 23:2).
Does the Bible promote "family values" ? Jesus said he came to Earth to divide families (Matthew 10:35-36) and said that men should leave their families to preach (Luke 18:29-30). God once encouraged child sacrifice (Genesis 22:2-13). The Bible forbids relationships between relatives (Leviticus 20:17) and between men (Leviticus 20:13), and makes the man the head of the household (1 Peter 1-3). In short, the only family values being promoted are the kind of family that Christians want.
Does the Bible support capitalism, economic and scientific progress ? Jesus said that only the poor may go to Heaven (Mark 10:25) and supported taxation (Luke 20:24-25). As we have seen, he also supported slavery, and so does the Bible. Christianity is based on faith and doctrine, which are both anti-science, and has opposed scientific discoveries and still does today. The Bible itself says to reject worldly education (1 Corinthians 1:19,26-27) and proposes as doctrine a great number of anti-scientific beliefs, starting from the belief in the Creation of all things, down to beliefs about genetics (Genesis 30:37-43) or medicine (Leviticus 14:33-57).
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