"You know your god is man-made when he hates all the same people you do." -Unknown
How often is God used to justify what would ordinarily be unjustifiable hatred? I don't want to give the wrong impression, I am not making the claim that all of 'believers' use God to justify hatred — although they should be, if they do indeed follow the scripture which they claim, and were of the mindset of their own personal actions/views as promoting "god's will". 'God's will' is not that of love and understanding, despite what many secular-Christians warp it to being — it is impossible for a being with infinite knowledge to learn, which makes it impossible to change its views (which isn't reflected in the Old vs New Testament). Anyone with the slightest knowledge of scripture knows all to well how much hatred God has for those that do not conform exactly to what he considered "acceptable behavior". Christians believe that if a person does not "conform" to what God wants, then God has no problem torturing that person for an infinite period of time (one cannot think of anything more hate-filled then that). The line between love and hate is so thin for God, it's not visible to the naked eye. For those that love to hate, but hate to be hated for being hateful, a fitting scapegoat is needed, which is why God is needed. Which is why God is the greatest justifier of hate that man has ever seen (try thinking of a greater one). God is needed for the mean-spirited individual to escape the hatred they themselves love to dish out.
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