Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
I've always liked the way the Noah story is told as a really kid-friendly Bible story (cuddly animals, etc), with no-one apparently seeming to notice that it represents God as a capricious, indiscriminate psychopath who, like a spoiled toddler, decides to smash up his toy because it's not doing what he wants, causing the deaths of (presumably) millions - and loads of innocent animals (except the fish, of course - they get off the hook entirely, as it were).

I appreciate that this is hardly an original sentiment, but it is amazing how quick churches are to use this frankly terrifying story to suck in kids. Even more terrifying is how successful they are in doing so.
It's Job that gets me, poor lad was properly bantered off by Him.

"Oi, job, if you really love me you'll lob your kid off a mountain"

Job takes his kid up the mountain and goes to chuck him off.

"Aaaaaaaaaaah, Job you mug!"