Hungry, Hungry 'Hovah
Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:50 pm
In his interview with John Dehlin, Steve Hassan mentioned that he believes in God, but not the "hangry" god with a beard who dwells in the clouds.
What a brilliant one-word summary of the God of the Old Testament.
Most of his viciousness and smitery was a reaction to people not killing enough animals to feed his appetite, going all the way back to Cain whose vegetable offering was rejected because there was no blood in it. When Jehovah smelled the "sweet savor" of burning flesh he was happy and did nice things for people, but when denied meat he really got pissed off and started smiting. The main job of his Levite priests was to kill, dismember, and burn animals to keep Yahweh happy. And if anyone gave dead animals to another god, lookout!
Yahweh came to earth as Jesus and became friendly and loving. He had plenty to eat as a mortal. He enjoyed fish, bread, honey, wheat, wine... Some of his central stories were about handing out copious amounts of fish, bread and wine. He was famous for dining even with sinners. His last fling was a special meal for his friends.
Then he died, got hangry, and went back to his old ways. He wiped out whole cities in the Americas because they didn't believe in him and, presumably, because they weren't turning sloths, coatimundis, and tapirs into the sweet savor that soothed is inner beast.
What a brilliant one-word summary of the God of the Old Testament.
Most of his viciousness and smitery was a reaction to people not killing enough animals to feed his appetite, going all the way back to Cain whose vegetable offering was rejected because there was no blood in it. When Jehovah smelled the "sweet savor" of burning flesh he was happy and did nice things for people, but when denied meat he really got pissed off and started smiting. The main job of his Levite priests was to kill, dismember, and burn animals to keep Yahweh happy. And if anyone gave dead animals to another god, lookout!
Yahweh came to earth as Jesus and became friendly and loving. He had plenty to eat as a mortal. He enjoyed fish, bread, honey, wheat, wine... Some of his central stories were about handing out copious amounts of fish, bread and wine. He was famous for dining even with sinners. His last fling was a special meal for his friends.
Then he died, got hangry, and went back to his old ways. He wiped out whole cities in the Americas because they didn't believe in him and, presumably, because they weren't turning sloths, coatimundis, and tapirs into the sweet savor that soothed is inner beast.
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