Evil of the Bible (Part 2).

One of the most disturbing passage in the Bible is found in Ezekiel. Read this quote, if you don't find this disgusting and highly immoral, then you must be religious (religious = the believers in the Bible for this post).

And the LORD said to him, "Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it." And to the others he said in my hearing, "Pass through the city after him, and smite; your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity; slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one upon whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary." So they began with the elders who were before the house. Then he said to them, "Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go forth." So they went forth, and smote in the city.  And while they were smiting, and I was left alone, I fell upon my face, and cried, "Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all that remains of Israel in the outpouring of thy wrath upon Jerusalem?" Then he said to me, "The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice; for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD does not see.' As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will requite their deeds upon their heads." -Ezekiel 9:4-10

The religious do not seem to be well aware, or care about these verses. Let's break this down, to increase the comprehension of this quote. Starting off with: "put a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it". This shows that only some of the men would be spared from the genocide, the rest would be mindlessly slaughtered. I'm sure no one forgot this line, but read it again, so it sinks in better: "slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one upon whom is the mark.". Its disturbing how God is targeting the women and children, why a god would target the innocent and be thought of as "all-loving" is baffling.  The imagery of this next quote is the cherry on the sundae: "fill the courts with the slain" — what is more horrifying then that— imagine seeing women and children among the "slain". Hopefully this story is complete fiction, but who knows?

It is not that God works in mysterious ways, the ways are demonic (how the religious would think of it, if it was in a different context). This is what happens when crazy people are believed to be prophets (see: Schizophrenic Inspiration). These acts are the furthest away from morality and human kindness that one can think of. However the people that believe in the Bible will be quick to write this off, providing numerous excuses for why this horrible behavior is justifiable.

Imagine instead of God telling people to do these horrible acts, it was Satan. How would the religious view the same story? I guarantee they wouldn't be trying to justify it, in-fact that would denounce it as pure evil. What is the difference? Rational people view actions as actions, but the religious view any action that helps them get into Heaven as good and righteous. The religious think if they defend this story, they are doing good — they will get into heaven for justifying evil. The religious moral of story is: if a god tells you to do something, you do it, no matter how horrifying it is.