I found this thread interesting, the OP certainly provokes real thought. So, congratulations on that, GIA. As a result, I'm going to use it as a vehicle to promote the straight no-shit Gospel, and we will see who can tolerate it.
The Prosecution
God, being omniscient, omnipotent. privy to the future by predestination or similar means, and allegedly good, went ahead and created us, even though he knew damn well what we were going to do. He did this for his own reasons, which he felt were worth pursuing, and this makes the whole thing worse, not better; because it's
premeditated. He doesn't even try to cover it up
Isaiah 45:7 writes:
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these [things].
This makes him primarily responsible for all our sins whatsoever, in the same way that a mafia boss is responsible for the actions of all his subordinates; and puts us in a position to make a deal with the prosecution in which we can be absolved of any crime we confess to in the course of assisting in setting up the real criminal mastermind. Yeah?
The Defense
God pled "No Contest" to these charges in a Roman court having proper jurisdiction almost 2000 years ago, thereby clearing out records permanently. He was duly sentenced, executed rather brutally by a combination of flaying, impaling, and poisoning, and has been dead ever since.
He died for our sins.
He occasionally appears as a Ghost, usually to disciples who have been drinking wine in hidden rooms for days, marching in hot sunlight, or eating mushrooms on abandoned islands. When he does arrive, he uniformly supports this doctrine, that all your sins are forgiven and you can fucking stop bothering him about them.
Go on about your business, mankind; there's nothing more to see here.
Heathen writes:
Damn! is there a railing somewhere i can leave flowers/tie a teddybear to?
Edited by Iblis, : god is dead / he died for you / you should be glad / you will be too