What Would Jesus NOT Do?

We always hear about the many amazing things that Jesus of Nazareth apparently did, but nobody ever asks about the things that Jesus supposedly COULD have done, being omnipotent, but either didn't bother to do or didn't think were all that important. You know, things like... reducing human misery and suffering... that kind of thing.

It occurs to me that if indeed the miracles recorded in the bible were in fact true, and really did happen... then that only shows Yahweh/Jesus to be an even MORE malevolent and cruel being than we see in the old testament, and that's saying something. If the miracles somehow prove that Jesus WAS in fact a god in human form, but all he could be bothered to do was turn water into wine and heal only a few hundred, or even a few thousand people with his magic saliva, then really - what is the use or good of such a god? Think of what a visiting, omnipotent deity COULD have done - but in this case, apparently, chose not to!!!!!

And this is meant to be that god's main advertisement of its existence! Walking on water in front of a few of his mates, for the benefit of billions and billions of people who, if they don't believe in his divinity and surrender control of their souls to him, will be sent to burn in agony for eternity.

People - DOES THIS RELIGION MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL?????

**** VIRGIN BIRTHS****
There appears to be some disagreement about which of the virgin births I listed are in fact accurate records of religious traditions, especially Krishna, Horus and Mithra.
My main source for that list was : "Shaken Creeds: The Virgin Birth Doctrine, a study of its origin" (2003) by Jocelyn Rhys (Kessinger Publishing). Other sources were "God is not Great" (2007) by Christopher Hitchens (Published by Twelve), and Wikipedia.
I have rechecked these sources in light of the disputes that have come up. I admit to the error of listing Krishna on the basis of the Rhys book- I misread the passage dealing with Krishna. A genuine mistake... However, Hitchens DOES list Krishna as having been recognised as being born of a virgin.
Whilst I admit to the research error on the matter of Krishna and will take greater care next time, I put it to you that it still stands, that by NO MEANS WHATSOEVER was Jesus' birth to the 'virgin' Mary the first ever such miraculous conception ever recorded in a religious tradition. By the time the Jesus story was first written down, the idea of virgin deity-births was OLD, and had been done many, many times, and an omniscient Yahweh would have known this. Even if 50% of my list was put there in error, the point would still stand.
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Inspiration for this one came from a link I was sent, to a website called Ebon Musings. Check this link. A couple of things on this page stood out as so wonderfully and scathingly accurate, and got me thinking.
http://www.ebonmusings.org/atheism/guestessays/religion101.html

I'd like to say here that the first comment which included the word "evolution" came only 12 hours after the video was uploaded. Thanks for that, that's a new record. Let's see if we can get it quicker next time though, shall we?

PLEASE go and look up that incredible rant in Deuteronomy that I quoted at the beginning of the video. It didn't really relate to the theme of the vid but it is a fucking classic passage, of Yahweh the bitter, wretched, old arsehole in the sky, spewing his violent hatred of mankind into the faces of his dearly beloved "chosen" people. Deuteronomy 28. One of my new favorite bible passages.

Whoa, this one was hard work. I usually write scripts on the train on the way to and from one of my jobs, and I've been so busy with other things that I haven't allowed myself to sit down at home and actually finish it. Therefore the script has been growing and changing and developing for literally months, and the first take recording went for over 12 minutes! I chop chop chopped at it for a few days and got it under 9 mins. I could almost make a whole movie out of the out-takes!

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[NonStampCollector]

@aasimazam Yeah, what I should have done is included the idea that Jesus could have & ought to have converted all the world's deserts into fertile productive land, so as to alleviate or eliminate starvation. I really should have included that.

And in fact I did.

[smoothmicra]

Thoughtful video - got to keep up the good fight against religion. Man with no superstitious belief in gods, ghosts, spirits or monsters is the next stage in his evolution.

[PatersonFinest]

Nicely executed

[beanie928]

The Truth must be really astonishing to a believer. But what the hell are they doing on an atheist web-site? Trying to learn about reality?!

[HHRoblox]

I don't see how a single believer can watch this and dislike it.

[drepop803]

@DeadButBreathing i agree on what equal means to you. i just hope thats what the video meant aswell.

[DeadButBreathing]

@drepop803 But it's exactly this "naturally" talk that has lead to many women giving up on their dreams, I think it's time we stopped thinking of ourselves as cavemen and start thinking of ourselves as independent persons. Everyone being equal means that everyone has an equal chance at the life they want, so if a woman wants to become a leader she may do so and if she wants a man to lead her, she can choose to do that too. In the end it should be independent choice, that is equality.

[drepop803]

@DeadButBreathing wow ok. you didnt read my comment then . i want you to reread it. infact plz reread it. i NEVER said women SHOULD act this way and that. nor did i say they should follow men. i wrote "men NATURALLY lead and women follow". key word naturally. yes there are women that lead over men. ive had female bosses and listened to them. lots of women actually find it attractive when a man leads. that has nothing to do with religion.

[DeadButBreathing]

@drepop803 You just said "I am not sexist but I believe women should be this way and behave this way and follow men rather then have their own destinies" Yeah, that is sexism to me. Men and women should be equal and are equal, sure there are differences, differences don't mean not equal. "Men naturally lead and women follow" Well I on the other hand have no desire to follow anyone and would very much like to be respected and allowed to be my own leader, thank you very much. Goodbye.

[DeadButBreathing]

@aasimazam In what Universe is all the rest of the world starving apart from Europe and North America?