Last night was a horrible night. What happened?
It all started as I prayed to God as usual, telling him his standards for conduct are too radical. God wants me to be perfect, otherwise he won’t get rid of the demons who are attached to my body and wrecking my life.
For years now I have begged God to do something about the demons and ensure they never return. The pleading has happened repeatedly, over and over and over, but to no avail: God does not want to remove the demons unless I am perfect.
What does perfection entail? It means if I do something completely harmless like have a glass of wine, then I am found “guilty” of committing an “atrocious” sin; and God says I must suffer with horrible demons as a consequence. In other words, I am not allowed to make any so-called mistakes, and often these “mistakes” are victimless things that offend nobody except God. The fault-finding over harmless little things never seems to end.
Apparently God thinks drinking wine is a monstrous crime. His logic doesn’t make any sense: He says that a very small percentage of drinkers kill people in car accidents, so therefore no one is allowed to drink. This way of thinking is extremely unfair to all responsible alcohol consumers who just want to experience a simple pleasure, never having killed anyone.
The way God reasons about alcohol isn’t any different than people with left-wing views who want to ditch the Second Amendment and ban all guns. They think that because a small number of psychopaths kill people with guns (such as school shooters or inner city people who commit gang-related violence) that nobody should be allowed to own firearms. That is very unfair to all the good Second Amendment supporters who never kill anyone.
Banning guns won’t stop criminals. It is very easy to get illegal drugs, illegal firearms, and anything illegal on the dark web or the black market in general. In the event that the government implements “gun control,” responsible people will follow the laws, but criminals won’t. Gun control essentially disarms good people and enables psychopaths who want to hurt people.
Prohibition is also ineffective. The government banned alcohol a hundred years ago, but it didn’t stop people from drinking. It basically enabled gangsters like Al Capone to make a fortune by producing alcohol illegally and selling it to speakeasies. A massive criminal underworld thrived because of Prohibition.
I have prayed to God many times, explaining his extremely unfair logic and way of treating me. But God doesn’t care: He never stops treating me unfairly.
So what happened last night? I prayed to God, and the demons didn’t like that I was praying, so they went to parallel dimensions and committed murder against my parallel self. Those parallel selves are all unsaved, and demons can get away with murder against people who aren’t saved. I’ve been told that I’m an atheist on 70% of the multiverse.
The demons don’t operate on a rational level. It doesn’t make any sense to commit murder against atheists (none of whom pray) because they don’t like that a Christian is praying.
God didn’t bother to stop any of this from happening. I was imperfect yesterday, so I have to suffer with demons—and they commit murder and destroy lives, and God refuses to do anything about it. But heaven forbid if I have a sip of wine and harm nobody! God judges me for harmless things and tells me I’m an atrocious sinner (and apparently I deserve to suffer with murderous demons), but God won’t do anything about demons committing murder.
I am sick and tired of God treating me so unfairly. The Bible says that Jesus redeems the sins of people who believe in him, so why the hell is God telling me I have to be perfect and walk on eggshells for the rest of my life or else suffer with horrible demons? That is extremely unfair and not consistent with Christian theology.
I asked God if the whole idea of “Jesus as redeemer” is misinformation, because God is clearly disregarding a core tenet of the Christian faith. As usual, he didn’t bother to answer my question.
Here is what I’m going to do today: I will not drink any alcohol, not even one sip. If God refuses to get rid of the demons tonight and instead chooses to be a complete jerk and find fault in me for something else, then I will not go to church tomorrow. I refuse to hear a preacher preach about God’s love when all I’m experiencing from God is extreme unfairness and a complete disregard for my feelings. Nobody is perfect!
Does God even try to understand what makes me drink? If he did, he would know that I drink because he makes me feel so hopeless by telling me I have to suffer with demons over miniscule imperfections.
Hey God, here is hint: Quit being a jerk by constantly judging me for harmless little things, then I’ll stop drinking alcohol because I won’t have a reason to drown out the misery that your radical standards cause!
I know exactly what is going to happen tonight: God will probably refuse to do anything about the demons even though I didn’t drink today. He will find a fault in me for something else like using nicotine.
Um, excuse me. It is extremely hard to quit multiple addictions at once. If God actually showed some compassion for once, he would remove the demons tonight even though I used nicotine. But no: I bet he wants me to forgo all addictions at the same time, which is too hard to do. What happens next? I will feel deeply hurt and insulted that God punished me for trying so hard not to drink, instead choosing to find fault in me for something else, so I’ll go right back to drinking! I can’t stand God treating me so unfairly!
Here is my prayer request: I want God to tell me why the hell is he treating me so unfairly. God’s conduct towards me is not normal! It doesn’t make sense to tell me to be absolutely perfect or else suffer, since a core theological tenet of Christianity is that Jesus redeems the sins of believers, which means we don’t have to be perfect. Given all the suffering I have gone through because of God’s radical perfectionism, I believe it’s high time he gave me an answer.
It all started as I prayed to God as usual, telling him his standards for conduct are too radical. God wants me to be perfect, otherwise he won’t get rid of the demons who are attached to my body and wrecking my life.
For years now I have begged God to do something about the demons and ensure they never return. The pleading has happened repeatedly, over and over and over, but to no avail: God does not want to remove the demons unless I am perfect.
What does perfection entail? It means if I do something completely harmless like have a glass of wine, then I am found “guilty” of committing an “atrocious” sin; and God says I must suffer with horrible demons as a consequence. In other words, I am not allowed to make any so-called mistakes, and often these “mistakes” are victimless things that offend nobody except God. The fault-finding over harmless little things never seems to end.
Apparently God thinks drinking wine is a monstrous crime. His logic doesn’t make any sense: He says that a very small percentage of drinkers kill people in car accidents, so therefore no one is allowed to drink. This way of thinking is extremely unfair to all responsible alcohol consumers who just want to experience a simple pleasure, never having killed anyone.
The way God reasons about alcohol isn’t any different than people with left-wing views who want to ditch the Second Amendment and ban all guns. They think that because a small number of psychopaths kill people with guns (such as school shooters or inner city people who commit gang-related violence) that nobody should be allowed to own firearms. That is very unfair to all the good Second Amendment supporters who never kill anyone.
Banning guns won’t stop criminals. It is very easy to get illegal drugs, illegal firearms, and anything illegal on the dark web or the black market in general. In the event that the government implements “gun control,” responsible people will follow the laws, but criminals won’t. Gun control essentially disarms good people and enables psychopaths who want to hurt people.
Prohibition is also ineffective. The government banned alcohol a hundred years ago, but it didn’t stop people from drinking. It basically enabled gangsters like Al Capone to make a fortune by producing alcohol illegally and selling it to speakeasies. A massive criminal underworld thrived because of Prohibition.
I have prayed to God many times, explaining his extremely unfair logic and way of treating me. But God doesn’t care: He never stops treating me unfairly.
So what happened last night? I prayed to God, and the demons didn’t like that I was praying, so they went to parallel dimensions and committed murder against my parallel self. Those parallel selves are all unsaved, and demons can get away with murder against people who aren’t saved. I’ve been told that I’m an atheist on 70% of the multiverse.
The demons don’t operate on a rational level. It doesn’t make any sense to commit murder against atheists (none of whom pray) because they don’t like that a Christian is praying.
God didn’t bother to stop any of this from happening. I was imperfect yesterday, so I have to suffer with demons—and they commit murder and destroy lives, and God refuses to do anything about it. But heaven forbid if I have a sip of wine and harm nobody! God judges me for harmless things and tells me I’m an atrocious sinner (and apparently I deserve to suffer with murderous demons), but God won’t do anything about demons committing murder.
I am sick and tired of God treating me so unfairly. The Bible says that Jesus redeems the sins of people who believe in him, so why the hell is God telling me I have to be perfect and walk on eggshells for the rest of my life or else suffer with horrible demons? That is extremely unfair and not consistent with Christian theology.
I asked God if the whole idea of “Jesus as redeemer” is misinformation, because God is clearly disregarding a core tenet of the Christian faith. As usual, he didn’t bother to answer my question.
Here is what I’m going to do today: I will not drink any alcohol, not even one sip. If God refuses to get rid of the demons tonight and instead chooses to be a complete jerk and find fault in me for something else, then I will not go to church tomorrow. I refuse to hear a preacher preach about God’s love when all I’m experiencing from God is extreme unfairness and a complete disregard for my feelings. Nobody is perfect!
Does God even try to understand what makes me drink? If he did, he would know that I drink because he makes me feel so hopeless by telling me I have to suffer with demons over miniscule imperfections.
Hey God, here is hint: Quit being a jerk by constantly judging me for harmless little things, then I’ll stop drinking alcohol because I won’t have a reason to drown out the misery that your radical standards cause!
I know exactly what is going to happen tonight: God will probably refuse to do anything about the demons even though I didn’t drink today. He will find a fault in me for something else like using nicotine.
Um, excuse me. It is extremely hard to quit multiple addictions at once. If God actually showed some compassion for once, he would remove the demons tonight even though I used nicotine. But no: I bet he wants me to forgo all addictions at the same time, which is too hard to do. What happens next? I will feel deeply hurt and insulted that God punished me for trying so hard not to drink, instead choosing to find fault in me for something else, so I’ll go right back to drinking! I can’t stand God treating me so unfairly!
Here is my prayer request: I want God to tell me why the hell is he treating me so unfairly. God’s conduct towards me is not normal! It doesn’t make sense to tell me to be absolutely perfect or else suffer, since a core theological tenet of Christianity is that Jesus redeems the sins of believers, which means we don’t have to be perfect. Given all the suffering I have gone through because of God’s radical perfectionism, I believe it’s high time he gave me an answer.