Babbling About Babel

Have you ever noticed the story of the tower of Babel in Genesis 11, and how everyone spoke one language, and how the god of the bible worried that they would eventually build a tower that would reach all the way up to heaven, where he lives? No? Really, I'm serious, it's in Genesis 11, read it for yourselves.

I'm guessing the guy that wrote this one, allegedly Moses (as if!), either didn't remember that he also wrote the following verses just one chapter before--actually, I think someone else wrote the Babel story and didn't bother checking, or wasn't acquainted with what we now know as chapter 10:

Architect: An Arch Linux Installer

Many moons ago, I wrote about an Arch Installer named Evo/Lution AIS,  using the command line as well as the Openbox graphical desktop in order to install a "vanilla" Arch. As far as I know, this installer was Jeff Story's baby, but also developed by Carl Duff, a former Manjaro dev. Manjaro is a distro I have worked with for about a year and I really enjoy installing it and using it.

Just a couple of day ago, I came across a new Arch installer called "Architect". This one is Carl Duff's baby. You can find out more about on Google Plus (G+). Carl has removed the graphical parts of the installer to make it a 100% comman line installer.

Homo Stultus stultus

Anatomically modern humans are referred to as “Homo Sapiens Sapiens”, which means literally, “Human Wise Wise”, a subspecies of “Homo Sapiens”, who is thought to have lived about 200,000 years ago. We are the only surviving hominid. Some have said that the name means, intelligent self-aware human. Yes, we're supposed to be the intelligent ones. Really? Name me one other species who pollutes and poisons its habitat for fun and profit? I know of only one: Homo Sapiens Sapiens. Or should I call it Homo Stultus Stultus?

Jesus Predicts The End: He Fails Miserably.

The gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke, tell us of a time when Jesus, having just cursed the Pharisees, tells his disciples that the Jerusalem temple will be totally destroyed. Of course, this would be a great shock to any believing Jew, since the temple was the centre of their religious lives. As Jesus climbs the Mount of Olives and finds a place to sit, one of his disciples points out the construction of these wonderful buildings, and apparently they were quite a sight to behold, but Jesus tells that that not one stone will be left upon another.

Four of his disciples, whom Mark identifies as Peter, James, John and Andrew, approach Jesus privately and ask him the following questions: “Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished?”

Does Yahweh the Biblegod Exist?

First, let’s get one thing out of the way: there is existence as a concept, an idea in the mind. As far as that goes, every god that man has created exists, as a concept in the mind of man. Then there is existence, as in, guns exist and they can do a lot of real harm; that needs no proof, as we have had proof of that for centuries.

Having said that, I would then say that no, Yahweh, the god of the Bible, doesn't exist. That was the short answer, the long answer is why I'm writing this essay. I will demonstrate why I think it is impossible for the biblegod to exist. If this deity is described in a self-contradictory manner, then it follows that it is non-existent, according to the law of contradiction; and biblegod most certainly falls into this category.

Biblegod The Good & His Chosen People

Have you ever read how biblegod treats his so-called chosen people? It's a learning experience. One would think that he would have all kinds of patience with them and accord them mercies galore. After all, he's supposed to be good and merciful, isn't he? At least That's what we're told.

The Bible doesn't read that way though. No, not at all. In this installment of "Biblegod The Good" we'll be looking at how YHWH, god of the Bible, really treats his chosen people and why being YHWH's chosen doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing. We'll look at a few examples of YHWH's "goodness" toward his chosen. We'll look at two examples of YHWH's "goodness" toward those he "loves".

Be Ye Therefore Perfect...

Matthew 5
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

An inspiring sermon, some would say, but a surprising one considering the "Father" to which Jesus was referring. This text, attributed to Jesus and supposedly written by one of his disciples, tells us that, as the old adage goes, "to err is human, to forgive divine." But is this really the case? Does "our Father in heaven" forgive the way Jesus taught we should forgive?