How Do Theists Love To Distort Meanings?

(All religions are true religions, all their tenets are false...Plaffelvohfen)

The T word seems to be au courant for theists to give their particular brand of wackiness some sort of credibility and, as Plaffelvohfen quite rightly pointed out, all truth means is that it is true that (my religion) exists. "The Bible is true"...yes, it is true that there is a Bible.

Let's look at what else is de rigueur for our beloved deluded brothers caught floundering in the sea of incredulity......"The word of God". Well, crickey geee, how covered in corn is that? Many theists now admit that this expression means that it is "words inspired by God", which of course means, any damn thing you care to write. Nevertheless, the expression is emotive and, of course, deceptive.

Oh, and of course, trending on our screens right now is "experience". It simply doesn't cut the mustard in these modern, informed times to say "I saw and heard God" or "I walked hand in hand with Jesus". Next thing is that your closest friends and kin will be petitioning for a committal order. So, as a last futile attempt in fending off reasoned objections to their insanity, out comes the nose-in-the-air curly wurly...."Aw, p off...you don't know what it's like to experience God". Maybe so, but I know delusion when I experience it.

Going hand-in-hand or should I say elbow-to-elbow with the "e" word is "relationship". Isn't that a lovely feel-good legitimate word to hijack and give others the impression that one has an intimate friendship with an invisible, ruthless taskmaster, oh...who also happens to be unfaithful to the tune of having relationships with 2.3 billion other people? And hey, it seems that the Christian God swings both ways.

And then there's the big kahuna...yep you guessed it....."LOVE". After centuries of war, murder, brutality and oppression the PR boys at Christian Inc decided that they need to create a more palatable image for their product which had been waning desperately in popularity since Darwin sailed back home and put the kibosh on any chance there is actually a God. Following 6 days (11.5 billion years for you Biblical scholars) of liquid lunches, one of them smacks the boardroom table and decades, "Eureka, I've got it!...."God Is Love". "Oh yessss", they all agreed, punching the air in drunken stupors. It has the emotive "L" word, it has the "G" word and it has the assertive "I" word all in one metaphor. "and hey guys, since all those naive, gullible Goddists out there love to talk and think metaphorically we have a win-win situation".