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    And Mankind Created God In Its Own Image


    [Copyright James Deacon, 2016]

    There is a widely accepted assertion that the concept of 'gods' came into being as part of the
    attempt by peoples of pre-classical antiquity to come to an understanding, albeit perhaps
    symbolically, of the forces at work in the world around them; and that, over time, these ancient
    peoples would come to imbue these gods these constructs - with human-like qualities.
    Though, as barbarous times forged barbarous people, so, the gods they envisaged would, not
    uncommonly, come to reflect both the often damaged natures of their creators, and the attitudes of
    the times in which these creators lived.
    Frequently these gods were vicious, spiteful, jealous, cruel, capricious beings...
    And, it would seem, this assertion also holds true for the god as portrayed by the authors of the
    anthology known as the Old Testament. (And we must not forget that the Old Testament is indeed
    merely an anthology a somewhat randomly-assembled collection of often conflicting stories,
    poems, semi-historical tales and man-made rules and regulations penned by numerous different
    people over the course of many centuries.)
    This particular god, this construct, as portrayed in the Old Testament, to all intents and purposes
    had its humble beginnings (in a world of a great many different local gods,) as simply the tribal
    totem-deity of a small group of wilderness-dwelling nomads.
    And while, over time, it would evolve to become the core deity of the Abrahamic religions - it can
    indeed be said to be a direct reflection of the barbarous times in which it was conceived.
    If we can read this 'Old Testament' anthology in a clear and open state of mind, as much as
    possible un-influenced by the hype and spin - by the imposed perceptions religion would have us
    believe lie behind the written words - then we cannot help but see that the construct: the god,
    revealed to us, is clearly the product of dark and disturbed minds.
    The god we are presented with is not a loving, merciful, compassionate being.
    Quite the opposite in fact: it is a dark, menacing, brutal, twisted entity.
    A fallible, unbelievably intolerant, vengeful creature: homophobic, misogynistic, wrathful, jealous; a
    slavery-condoning, warmongering, tyrannical, manipulative, genocidal Narcissist.
    Now, while a high percentage of the human population believe that the god as depicted by the
    authors of the Old Testament is real, and that the book itself constitutes the word of this god, for
    the sake of Humanity we must hope that this is not so.
    For if this god described in the Old Testament were real, it would not be deserving of our love, not
    even of our respect.
    No, it would be deserving only of one thing:
    our whole-hearted, utter condemnation as a perpetrator of unspeakable atrocities against
    Humanity.

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