RELIGION RIDICULOUSITY #3
This neighborhood sucks.
The “Holy Bible” is packed with spite, revenge, violence, death, genocide, and even eternal torture. Bible scriptures include justifications for slavery, sexism, discrimination, and war. The Bible would be a horrible book to follow based these inconvenient truths alone.
However, what’s most puzzling are the things *NOT* contained in the Bible. For a guidebook that allegedly delivers wisdom for humanity, there’s nothing particularly new, nor revelatory. All those many chapters and pages and verses, and yet there’s nothing written about any new discoveries. The inspirational author apparently was much more concerned at the time with what people should eat on certain days of the week, or who sleeps with who, or what graven images get worshipped, rather than providing a breakthrough on germ theory or any other help from above. In fact, there’s nothing that broadens human understanding. Nothing about science. Nothing that heals pain, nor cures the sick. Nothing helpful whatsoever about what was happening across the oceans or on other continents.
Take look at this map (see above). The Bible reveals a shallow and narrow view of what was the then-known world. Consider the fact that the entire Bible (aside from a creation phase) takes place within this small circle. Not a word nor mention about other civilizations. Not a word about geography. Not a word about the cosmos, exploration, and greater discovery. Not a single word that refutes the common belief at the time that the earth was flat. Question–wouldn’t a “divinely-inspired” book include some acknowledgment of other cultures outside the Middle East? Yet, there’s none of that. Nothing.
Where’s any mention of the great civilizations in Asia? Why no mention of the emerging societies in South America? Why is there nothing about the vastness of Africa? Nothing about the open seas. There’s no message about inevitable merging of societies, of trade, and human-driven technology and advancement. It’s as though the fabricators of the Bible who were conveying the so-called “word of god” knew NOTHING of the world outside of this small circle. Strange, isn’t it? I’d hardly call this text divine, nor a revelation. At best, it’s a bad fiction.
The only thing that’s remarkable about the Bible is just how little it teaches us and how few revelations are contained therein. Is there any book with less useful information to humanity than this one? For a book that many profess to be a handbook on living, the Bible is an astonishing void and abyss of disappointment.
Meanwhile, 2,000 years later nothing’s changed. This neighborhood still sucks. The biggest hypocrisy of all is calling it “the Holy Land.” Does anyone doubt the people WITHIN THIS CIRCLE would have been much better off WITHOUT religion?
The answer to this question seems obvious.
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