Is God an egocentric Narcissist maniac, Carlo Rousard, next?

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I'm sickle at your host, and I'm not exactly sure whether it's an argument against the existence of God or just a complaint against God.

But often you will see on the internet, in videos, in blog posts, and whatnot, this accusation that the biblical God

is nuts, he's a maniac, he's an egomaniac, he's a narcissist, he wants people to worship him, and if you don't worship him, then bad things will happen to you.

And all of this is counted as a kind of... I suppose it's to make us think that belief in this God is silly, but we decided to take that accusation or that complaint about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, seriously.

And when you take these internet's complaints seriously, you turn to Carlo Rousard to straighten it out.

Carlo, we asked, is God a maniac? Is he egotistical? Or is there some reason why he would want us to worship him and love him above all things? Here's Carlo.

Carlo Rousard, Catholic Cancer's Apologist, thanks for being with us.

Hey, side, thanks for having me, brother.

This seems like a good one for you. And as a matter of fact, I know you've written about it before, but a common theme among atheists is that God is some kind of...

At least the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the way he's portrayed in Scripture, is some kind of maniacal, narcissistic, egomaniac, because you got to worship him.

If you don't worship him, bad things happen.

Let me just say, if I were to insist on that from my friends and neighbors, it would be fair to call me an egotistical maniac.

That is true, because that would be a disordered self-love.

Okay.

Yeah, so this is actually a common popular atheistic charge against the God of classical theism, the God of Christian theism as well.

And for example, a recent article that I posted for our Catholic Cancer's magazine online, I refer to one named Andrew Yasko.

He's a self-described spiritual wellness coach.

Okay.

And he actually works with...

He invites people to seek his help for him to coach them out of their religious beliefs, to help them overcome the trauma.

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