God is like  Gumby. He can be twisted and shaped into virtually any form a person wishes.

Take the God is Love crowd.

They stop by and read this blog and are horrified to find that I thought God was a God of judgment, wrath, hatred, and violence.Where did I e-v-e-r get such an idea?  Perish the thought, Bruce. God is a God of love. God loves you Bruce and has a wonderful plan for your life. God would n-e-v-e-r do anything to hurt you Bruce.  He has your best interest in mind at all times. Look at how much God loves you……he sent his son Jesus to die on the cross for your sins. Isn’t that awesome?

No it is not awesome. Blood atonement is quite violent and revolting and I see no love in the act. What I see is a righteous, holy God who hates sin and those who do it. I see a God quite willing to destroy the whole human race because they don’t keep his commands. I see a God who, for some perverse reason, sent himself to die on a cross, so his hatred of sin and those who do it could be assuaged. (even though he could have created humans without the capacity to sin)

You see……….I have read the Bible. I take what the Bible says at face value. Yes, the Bible presents God as a God of love. However, the Bible also presents God as a righteous,holy,hateful God that doesn’t think twice about using violence to get his point across.God is the meanest son-of-a-bitch on the block. Cross him and you are dead. Right Uzzah? (2 Samuel 6)

As I look at the world today I see no evidence of this God of love. Look at his supposed followers. Do they evidence love to the world? Hardly. They fuss and fight amongst themselves. They split and divide over the silliest of things. Where is the love Christians? If you can’t get it right how can you expect worldlings like myself to embrace the God is love notion?

I much prefer a world where God is Dead. I don’t have to look for surreal, existential answers to the issues facing the human race. I don’t have to manipulate a religious text to get a satisfactory explanation for what I see and read with my eyes. Humans are the problem and humans are the solution, no God needed.

I don’t need God to experience and know love. I have a wife, six children, and five grandchildren. Through them I experience and know love. As a Christian would say of God……….They are ALL I need.

It is enough to live and die, knowing that you have been loved by others.