God’s Overreactions in the Bible
Often his most favored get the brunt of his short fuse
God’s Overreactions in the Bible
Often his most favored get the brunt of his short fuse
As I’ve mentioned in other articles I was raised in the Southern U.S., and the predominant flavor of Christianity there is Evangelical, KJV only, literalism. So I like to look at, and critique, the Bible through the lens that all of those who still believe in this severely deranged version of Christianity view it through.
I noticed a trend of the God of the Old Testament repeatedly overreacting to situations, carrying out swift harsh punishments well beyond what any of us would see as a just punishment for the crime. Often this is done to his most devout followers, who had a momentary slip of judgment and were harshly dealt with.
Of course, I always have commenters who say this is all allegory, or ingrained with larger spiritual truths, but that also feels like a bit of a cop-out answer, especially the latter one when the commenter doesn’t bother to point out what that “truth” is, but just says I need to dedicate my life to living in some monastery so I can finally decipher it….yeah I’ll jump right on that.
Let’s dive in then shall we?