We’ve Got the Power
Gods claim to be all-powerful. They’re not.
If Krishna were all-powerful, Hindus wouldn’t eat beef. If YHVH were all-powerful, Jews wouldn’t eat pork. If Jesus were all-powerful, Catholics wouldn’t use condoms, and Southern Baptists wouldn’t have abortions. If Allah were all-powerful, Muslims wouldn’t drink alcohol. Yet Hindus do eat beef, Jews do eat pork, Catholics do use condoms, Southern Baptists do have abortions, and Muslims do drink alcohol—not all, of course, but some. Indeed, if only one violated the laws of her God, she would prove the limitations of her God’s power. It isn’t that your God lets you violate his laws; it is that he can’t stop you from doing so. Why? Because your God doesn’t exist. Your God is a figment of the imagination of people who have issues with beef, pork, condoms, abortions, or alcohol and who, with some very bloody and violent exceptions, lack the capacity to force people to live according to their issues.
God is a comfort: commanding us to do what we want, forgiving us for doing what others don’t want, and promising to reward us for both.
RR