God said it. I believe it. That settles... nothing.

"GOD SAID IT. I BELIEVE IT. THAT SETTLES IT."


Yes, that's what this sign says. Unfortunately, it was dark out when I landed this snapshot and as one can see, the flash feature on the camera didn't do this photo any manner of justice. But that's beside the point; enough with the excuses and onto the cold, snarky comments.

Just because someone says something doesn't make it right. Human beings have for years been the most gullible lunatics on the face of this planet and it's all because of the bullshit we can dream up. How ironic it is then that probably more than half of said bullshit is actually believed as truth, despite how poorly fabricated it may be. The counter argument to this is, 'Well, it's God. So that makes it right.' And to that I say, 'No, it doesn't.' And here's why.

In the Old Testament, God gave explicit instructions on how to own a slave despite their background or their ethnicity. Hundreds of years later on modern-day Earth, we sinful human beings have abolished slavery due to how heinous it truly is. We as human beings morally and decisively concluded that placing ownership over another human being is morally reprehensible and threw the whole idea out the window. Now, according to my calculations, that gives us humans one up over God. In fact, most secular and sane human beings would probably agree with me that over 90% of the 613 Old Testament commandments are ignored due to their savagery, stupidity, primitive background, or moral bankruptcy. Or even, all of the above; and this is just ONE example!

I reiterate, just because someone says something doesn't make it right. Yes, this includes God, as shown in the last paragraph. According to the bible, God ordered the mass murder of many millions of people, and he ordered his favorite tribe to do it. An all-powerful god would not have to put itself down on its own creations' level to prove a point, in fact, he wouldn't have to use his own creations to get a point across to anyone at all, assuming of course that he actually was the only one in existence. Human parents can reason with their own children intelligently as to why things are good or bad ideas without the use of violence or fits of rage, but the almighty God of the Bible deemed it necessary to destroy the children of his that disobeyed him or even breathed wrong, proving that just because he says something doesn't make it right. But according to most Christians, God is the ultimate authority and shouldn't be questioned, a fact and idea rolled into one that teaches otherwise intelligent children not to question authority, even though said authority might be wrong. Is God wrong? I think he is. But some Christians do not. What's the difference? I ask questions, the Christians don't. What's that quote... "The only stupid question is the one not asked." I couldn't have said it better.

To sum this up, human beings are curious by nature, and being punished for our innate nature is wrong. We didn't ask to be created to worship something, and if something only created us to worship and love it, then he did it wrong. Do we punish a dog for peeing on the carpet? Yes, but by default we don't kill it. Do we kill our cat for wandering away from the house at late hours? No. While Christians may attempt to point out that we didn't create dogs or cats, we rule and lord over them just the same. The idea that God says something and people believe it and thus makes it right is inconceivable. But if one digs deeply into history, one would find that the Bible is not the word of God, thus he really said nothing at all. And if people are to believe the word of God, then which word should they believe? The Bible? The Quran? The truth is that people will believe anything if it's good, even if it's too good to be true. The people who question what they believe are the only ones who stand a chance at settling anything, and not just because some random cosmic creator said so.

"Believe only half of what you see and nothing of what you hear." - Anonymous