I read a small news report today that told of a churchman in
Wales who has
publicly burnt some pages from the Bible, and torn others out to make an
artwork for an exhibition. He says they demonstrate a ‘cruel and vile’ God.
I realise I don’t have the full story, but it brings me back
to what I’ve been saying for years: that I wouldn’t give the God of the Old
Testament space in my trash can. And what I’ve never understood is this. If the
Gospels are to be believed, Jesus explicitly preached against the edicts of Jehovah. So what the hell is the Old
Testament doing in the Christian Bible?
I’ve read that the decision to include it was just another victory
of politics over truth, but I don’t know enough about the history of the Church
to argue the point. All I know is that the only religious figure I find myself
able to revere is the Buddha. Which doesn’t make me a Buddhist, you understand,
merely a truth seeker.
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