When I was younger, I remember asking why Satan was “bad”. And they gave me all sorts of interpretations like he tortures people and he lives in the firey hells. And I kept pointing to bible stories where God does the same damn thing.
The worldbuilding is very shoddy because too many authors worked on the canon over far too long a period. Even accounting for the “New Testament” sequel, it’s retcons on top of retcons. The “Islam” spinoff at least managed to start with a clean slate, despite several callbacks to the prequels.
When I became a parent I thought about the whole “I am your creator, love me or I toss you in that lake of fire” thing, and it really hit home how fucked up it is. I’d dive head first into fire so my kids could be spared any pain, and this god psycho with his conditional love, is running around threatening eternal agony, while telling you he cares about you.
When I was younger, I remember asking why Satan was “bad”. And they gave me all sorts of interpretations like he tortures people and he lives in the firey hells. And I kept pointing to bible stories where God does the same damn thing.
The contradictions are constant.
The worldbuilding is very shoddy because too many authors worked on the canon over far too long a period. Even accounting for the “New Testament” sequel, it’s retcons on top of retcons. The “Islam” spinoff at least managed to start with a clean slate, despite several callbacks to the prequels.
When I became a parent I thought about the whole “I am your creator, love me or I toss you in that lake of fire” thing, and it really hit home how fucked up it is. I’d dive head first into fire so my kids could be spared any pain, and this god psycho with his conditional love, is running around threatening eternal agony, while telling you he cares about you.