The Logical Atheist

...that Yahweh is a fiction.

The Hebrew Bible is a record of one atrocity after another. Mass murder commanded by Yahweh abounds. Quentin Tarantino couldn't do it justice. And yet the pain inflicted on one man, Job, stands out as especially monstrous. On a bet, Yahweh ruins the innocent Job's life, destroying everything and everyone he loves. And when Job asks why, this all-loving, all-good, all-powerful, all-knowing god says, in effect. "Who the f*** are you to ask me? Can you do even one of the awesome things I can do without breaking a sweat?"  According to the Good Book, Yahweh opens his long megalomaniacal response by saying, "Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?" Believe in this impossible thing if you wish. But don't preach that it is worthy of adoration and worship.

"Skepticism is the beginning of faith." --Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray .

If Yahweh knows every detail of the infinite future with perfect certainty, then he knows perfectly everything thing he will do forever. He knew this from day one. But then how could Yahweh have free will?  Further question: if Yahweh has no free will and thus is not an agent, how can he be good or evil?

Why does Yahweh want or need to be served? Isn't that selfish?

"You ought not to think you have free will."

If you were an atheist, would you wish that Yahweh existed?