The word for God according to the Latin Etymology and King James Bible dictionaries is DEUS. De-us. The prefix "de" means to take away from... and what is us? Religion takes us away from ourselves, and it appears to do so quite deliberately, since the only other word listed under God is Zeus... which, as all believers believe, is just a mythological God... right?
In order for a benevolent deity demanding worship and obedience to make any sense at all, you'd have to reason it created this world and people'd it for that very purpose… but there's a problem there… that is not benevolence, that is narcissistic psychopathy.
What would
stop a small group of self interested people from devising a plan to
control the world? They write a book declaring themselves to be the
chosen ones of a God they created. De-us in that context, a semantic
context, would mean them and not us... and now there is a need for
believers... a need worth killing for even. After a time, there would be
a need to not be found out at all costs.
Three religions and countess sects (sounds like sex)...
SAME GOD. The Jews get to use magic, Islam gets astrology and the poor slob Christians are told both of those are taboo. All you who worship Yahweh need a freaking wake up call... your deity is a sadistic bastard...
Three religions and countess sects (sounds like sex)...
SAME GOD. The Jews get to use magic, Islam gets astrology and the poor slob Christians are told both of those are taboo. All you who worship Yahweh need a freaking wake up call... your deity is a sadistic bastard...