This is aimed at the RF Jews, so Jews only please
@RabbiO in particular
I have recently rejected the Abrahamic God concept, after years of struggle and confusion
And I don't see myself ever going back to him
In another post I claimed that the Abrahamic God Concept was "toxic" due to all the harm it has done over the past two millennia - by the adherents of the various faiths who believe in it - including my own
Note: "God Concept", not "God"
The Rabbi accused me of believing that the Jews are blind, ignorant and stupid for holding on to such a God Concept
I do not believe you are, as I explained to him elsewhere
That is simply not how Jews are defined in my brain
But I can no longer accept the Abrahamic God Concept as something that I believe in
I think it is 1) false and 2) harmful - hence I believe it to be toxic
I understand that the goodness of God is central to your Jewish identity and I understand how you may take this personally, but my intention was to engage with ideas and concepts, not individual people or groups and I'm truly sorry if you take this some other way
Also, I arrived at this conclusion based (mainly) on the way Christians have used the concept, which makes it seem pretty toxic to me, and that is what I was going on when I said it was a "toxic" - that and how God is said to have behaved in scripture
I say: To me it seems as though The Abrahamic God Concept is toxic yet I must emphasise that I do not believe the various religions it has inspired to be toxic or that those who believe in it are fools (or worse)
Question: As a Jew, what do you think about the accusation that the Abrahamic God Concept is somewhat toxic? I know you don't believe that it is, but could you please explain why? Please, provide me with your perspective. Basically: Why is the concept not toxic?
I do not want to argue with you, I want to listen what you have to say as I want to better understand the situation
@RabbiO in particular
I have recently rejected the Abrahamic God concept, after years of struggle and confusion
And I don't see myself ever going back to him
In another post I claimed that the Abrahamic God Concept was "toxic" due to all the harm it has done over the past two millennia - by the adherents of the various faiths who believe in it - including my own
Note: "God Concept", not "God"
The Rabbi accused me of believing that the Jews are blind, ignorant and stupid for holding on to such a God Concept
I do not believe you are, as I explained to him elsewhere
That is simply not how Jews are defined in my brain
But I can no longer accept the Abrahamic God Concept as something that I believe in
I think it is 1) false and 2) harmful - hence I believe it to be toxic
I understand that the goodness of God is central to your Jewish identity and I understand how you may take this personally, but my intention was to engage with ideas and concepts, not individual people or groups and I'm truly sorry if you take this some other way
Also, I arrived at this conclusion based (mainly) on the way Christians have used the concept, which makes it seem pretty toxic to me, and that is what I was going on when I said it was a "toxic" - that and how God is said to have behaved in scripture
I say: To me it seems as though The Abrahamic God Concept is toxic yet I must emphasise that I do not believe the various religions it has inspired to be toxic or that those who believe in it are fools (or worse)
Question: As a Jew, what do you think about the accusation that the Abrahamic God Concept is somewhat toxic? I know you don't believe that it is, but could you please explain why? Please, provide me with your perspective. Basically: Why is the concept not toxic?
I do not want to argue with you, I want to listen what you have to say as I want to better understand the situation