Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Bad Religion And The Abrahamic Tradition


Alan: The biblical patriarch Abraham -- the common founder of Judaism, Christianity and Islam -- is revered by all three religions chiefly for his willingness to kill his son because Yahweh/God told him to.

I -- like my devout Catholic mother -- believe that God would never command a parent to murder an innocent child and that the patriarch Abraham was "hearing voices" as the result of a psychotic breakdown.

The implications of this willingness to mistake psychosis for religious experience -- an error that lies at the heart of all three Abrahamic religions -- are explored below.

Obama’s 2006 Speech on Faith and Politics: Abraham Prepares To Kill And Immolate His Son

Good Religion And Bad Religion
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/bad-religion-and-good-religion.html

Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image
Best Pax Posts On Torture

Bush's Torture Team: Legal Counselor John Yoo Justifies Crushing Children's Testicles
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/dubyahs-torture-team-legal-counselor.html

America's Passion For Punishment And Torture

All 3 Abrahamic Religions Should Be As Ashamed Of Themselves As They Are Now Self-Certain

Conservative Christians Delight In The Punishment And Pain Of Others

Abrahamic Religions Must Deal With Their Own Bronze Age Atavism And Not Just Window Dress

What's Wrong With The Abrahamic Religions: Absolutism, Scriptural Inerrancy, Bloodlust

What's Wrong With The Abrahamic Religions: Absolutism, Scriptural Inerrancy, Bloodlust

Pastor John Piper "discusses the vexing problem of God ordering the mass killing of every Canaanite man, woman, and child."

Mistakes In Scripture: When The Bible Gets The Bible Wrong

"Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?"

"What ISIS Really Wants" And How The Patriarch Abraham Appears To Be The Instigator

Are Highly Religious People Less Compassionate?
Christianity: A Compendium Of "What Went Wrong" And Current Worship Of The Wrongness
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/christianity-compendium-of-what-went.html

"The Story Of Jonah And The Whale" Retold For The Righteous By Anne Herbert
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-story-of-jonah-and-whale-retold-for.html

A Faithful Christian Consults With Jesus... And A Pertinent Parable
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2021/09/a-faithful-christian-consults-with.html

Compendium Of Best "Pax-Barbaria" Posts About "Christian" "Conservatism": "Fantasyland," "Jim Bakker" And "Theological Dunderheadness" Will Scare The Bejesus Out Of You... If Your Body Hasn't Already Been Snatched
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/11/compendium-of-best-pax-barbaria-posts.html

Trump And His "Conservative" "Christian" Cultists Deserve To Be Called Out For Their Anti-Christ Destructiveness
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/trump-and-his-conservative-christian.html

Why "Conservative" "Christians" Are All Going To Hell (If There Is A Hell...Which I Don't Believe)
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/why-conservative-christians-are-all.html

"The Number One Cause Of Atheism Is Christians," Catholic Theologian, Karl Rahner, SJ
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-number-one-cause-of-atheism-is.html

The Big Lie And Conservative Christianity's Unshakeable Belief That The Bible Is Inerrantly True
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-big-lie-and-conservative.html

"Conservative" "Christianity" Is Neither: It's A Shameless Ruse Perped By Religious Maniacs
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/conservative-christianity-is-neither.html

Reprise: "God Enjoys The 10 Plagues Way Too Much" (Supplemented By "America's Best Christian," Betty Bowers)
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/08/god-enjoys-ten-plagues-way-too-much.html

Fr. Thomas Merton Explains -- In 16 Words -- Why "Christian" "Conservatives" Are Always Wrong
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/08/fr-thomas-merton-explains-in-16-words.html

"How Did Jesus Come To Love Guns, And Hate Sex?"
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/08/how-did-jesus-come-to-love-guns-and.html

Thomas Aquinas: "The Greatest Kindness One Can Render To Any Man Consists In Leading Him From Error To Truth"
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/08/thomas-aquinas-greatest-kindness-one.html

Billy Graham's "Christianity Today" Decries QAnon As "Demonic," "A Great Threat To The American Church" Preaching "Predatory Drivel"
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/08/qanon-is-wolf-in-wolfs-clothing-theres.html

A Compendium Of Pope Francis' Links With An Inter-Related Critique Of "Conservative" "Christianity" (Which Is Neither)
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/10/a-compendium-of-pope-francis-links-and.html

"Emo Philips Tells A Story About Heretic Scum. Trump Picks Up Where Emo Leaves Off"
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/10/emo-philips-tells-story-about-heretic.html

John Pavlovitz: "The Miserable People" And "The Kind Of Christian I Refuse To Be"
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/john-pavlovitz-miserable-people-and.html

"Conservative" "Christians" Only Believe In God And Themselves And The Two Are Interchangeable
https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/07/conservative-christians-only-believe-in.html





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