Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Iniquity of the fathers

Exodus 20:5: ...for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.

I am an agnostic but if this God exists, I will tell this to him:
Sorry Mr. God, I do not negotiate with terrorists.You screwed on the Creation thing that's why we have earthquakes and tsunamis and floods and droughts and volcanic eruptions! The body of the man you created is inherently flawed, can fail by itself and open to attacks by the viruses and other microorganisms you created.
Jealous? Punishing the children for the sins of their fathers? Have you not heard about this thing called Justice? For Christ's sake grow up!

That's why agnosticism is, to borrow a word from believers, a blessing. If the existence of an evil creator or supreme being cannot be proven, then there is nothing for me to despise. I can live with equanimity knowing that everything happens by chance and we all have to live our lives as we find it, rejoice in our victories and mourn our defeats and misfortunes until the day we die.

Neil