Atheism: The Ultimate Guide (COMPLETED)

36. God is Evil

"Evil" is defined as:

"profoundly immoral and wicked"

"morally reprehensible"

"sinful, wicked"

"opposite/absence of good"

God, as a divine being, is evil.

There are five main tiers of a person with an evil and wicked soul:

1. one who creates confusion and administers deception

2. one who fools others with a flattering tongue and quick speech

3. one who craves control and sees themselves as their only authority

4. one who plays upon the sympathies of good-willed people

5. one who shows no conscience and no remorse

For this chapter, I'm going to delve into each and every tier and explain in detail why the Christian God qualifies as an ultimately evil being.

Tier One: Confusion and Deception

In 1 Kings 22:23, it states, "Now, therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee."

I researched heavily into the meaning of this verse because I wanted to get an accurate analysis of it, rather than taking a verse without fully understanding it and making assumptions.

Essentially, God used deception to combat the supposed evil. This is seen as a viable excuse, in the eyes of the many Christian scholars who have provided useful commentary upon this verse.

However, God invoked deception to further along his agenda. The prophets were deceived by their Lord, who states in Hebrews 6:18, "It was impossible for God to lie" as well as in Titus 1:2, "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began", directly contradicting his assurance to his children he shall never deceive.

In another instance, Ezekiel 14:9, God says, "And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord will have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and I will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel."

God is outwardly admitting he uses deception when he sees it necessary to get his way. As stated in Tier One, this is the sign of an evil being. It also contradicts his validity, since his deceptive actions completely contradict supposedly concrete laws regarding his abilities.

In 2 Thessalonians 2:11, it states, "For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie."

I have researched heavily into the context of this verse. Essentially, it's an epistle regarding "the lawless one", hence the title, "The Man of Lawlessness." The Thessalonians were too eager about the Parousia (the Greek word for the Second Coming of Christ) and the Apostle pleaded with them to be cautious and not fall under deception. He predicts the Antichrist, although he does not refer to such a manifestation of evil as such.

Due to the Thessalonians' ignorance of the threat of ultimate deception, he decides the best course of action is to deceive them. He delivers a "powerful delusion" to heavily coerce them into believing the lie, and proceeds to punish those who have chosen to believe the lie rather than accept the truth, although that is contradicting since God specifically forced the Thessalonians to believe the lie.

Another prominent example of deception on God's end was the debacle regarding Lucifer as the deceptive serpent who tricked Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. First of all, God was completely aware the serpent would trick Eve, yet he let it happen. He tricked Eve into believing she had any semblance of free will, knowing full well she would be deceived.