The Good Atheist

Probably one of the scariest and most disturbing story in the Bible (yeah, I know it’s hard to find one that isn’t fucked up) is that of Abraham and Isaac. Commanded by God to kill his son, Abraham ties up the boy and is about to plunge is dagger in his chest when he’s stopped at the last minute by Metatron (that’s a real angel name) and instead sacrifices an innocent animal in his stead. It’s some dark shit, people.

This story is generally debated as to it’s relative allegorical meaning, but I don’t think you have to look too hard to figure out what’s going on here: it’s not uncommon for jealous and ancient Gods to demand human sacrifice to appease their “anger” . In modern, civilized society this kind of act is exceedingly rare, but thanks to the delusion of religion, every so often, religious nutjobs kill their own children thinking that God commanded them to do so. The latest case of religious infanticide comes all the way from Kitale, Kenya, where a father, convinced that God was speaking directly to him, killed his own son as a blood sacrifice. He then sprinkled his blood around the house in some ludicrous and macabre ceremony. Your “what-the-fuck-o-meter” should be going off right about now.

He’s being held in custody and the locals have asked that the “Ingrafted Fellowship Church”, which he’s been a member of for less than a month, be investigate to see if they are a cult (newsflash guys: all religions are cults, although admittedly, some are crazier than others).

Another sad tale of woe and misery brought to you by the “power” of religion! Isn’t it grand?