Forever Jaded…

This is just astounding to me.

Scary that it’s in my front yard essentially.

I love this quote from the guy: “Anything that’s other than a member in harmony has to be identified and expelled“

So, I guess you aren’t allowed to have problems? That or you better hide them pretty damned well!

Even better:

Don’t be afraid of “social services” if you throw rebellious children out of the house, he told the congregation in an earlier sermon, because “you obeyed God.” In an interview, he cited scriptures: “Deuteronomy says if your kid doesn’t follow your God, kill ‘em. That’s what we do, but not physically. To us, you’re dead if you’re not serving our God,” he said

Wow.  That church sounds more like a cult than anything else.  But then again, the definition of what is or isn’t a cult is truly in the eye of the beholder.

Recently, I had a discussion with someone who mentioned the story of Job.  And, well, I had honestly forgotten all about this accounting of someone in the worst possible place short of death.  So, I reread it.  And if that’s supposedly an encouraging story to those who have faith, I don’t see it.  The ONLY thing I see is a game.  A complete fucking mind game.

But seriously, to me that just completely shows how the god of the bible is okay with just completely FUCKING with “his” people.

There was a verse that stuck out to me this time around though. Job 2:10 has Job responding to his wife telling him to curse god.  Job basically says that we should not only receive good from god, but also evil/disaster.   This to me seems to contradict so many teachings I’ve heard regarding the “source” of the bad things in our lives.