Written by I want my position recorded without dilution: I identify Yahweh as the father of lies and the murderous father condemned by Jesus in John 8:44.
My testimony goes beyond rejecting Yahweh as the Father of Truth. I consider him a liar and a murderer on the basis of the character, commands, and actions attributed to him in scripture. This is the theological judgment I draw from that record.
1. The deception is in the record
In 1 Kings 22:19–23, Yahweh authorizes a spirit to deceive Ahab through his prophets. In Ezekiel 14:9, Yahweh claims responsibility for deceiving or inducing a prophet before announcing that prophet’s destruction.
I regard the deliberate authorization of lies as responsibility for those lies. Sending another agent to deliver the deception does not remove the responsibility of the one who commissions it.
That is why I call Yahweh a liar. The accusation follows the conduct attributed to him.
2. The killing is in the record
In 1 Samuel 15:2–3, a command attributed to Yahweh orders the destruction of Amalek, explicitly including women, children, and nursing infants.
I judge the commanded killing of infants to be murder. A religious title does not change my judgment of the act. Neither does placing the command in scripture.
That is why my testimony includes the word murderer.
3. Jealous, darkness, and evil belong to the profile
Exodus 34:14 gives Yahweh the designation “whose name is Jealous.”
Isaiah 45:7 attributes to him the creation of darkness and what the King James Version calls evil; other translations use calamity or disaster. My testimony preserves the KJV wording while acknowledging that translation difference. The speaker claims responsibility for the destructive side of the contrast.
I did not supply these descriptions. They belong to the scriptural profile I am judging.
4. Samuel and Chronicles put different names into the same role
In 2 Samuel 24:1, Yahweh moves David to number Israel and Judah.
In 1 Chronicles 21:1, Satan provokes David to number Israel.
The parallel accounts assign the incitement to different named agents. In this episode, the role attributed to Yahweh in Samuel is attributed to Satan in Chronicles.
That is the specific interchange I am identifying. I regard it as evidence supporting my identification of Yahweh with the adversarial character. The comparison comes from the Bible’s own accounts of the census.
5. I read John 8 against that existing profile
Jesus’s opponents claim one Father—God. Jesus challenges that claim, distinguishes his Father from theirs, and identifies their father as the devil, characterized by murder and falsehood. He also says they have not known his Father.
I understand their claimed God to be Yahweh. When I place that claim beside the deception and killing attributed to Yahweh, I identify him with the father of lies Jesus condemns.
That is my reading, my conclusion, and my testimony.
John 8:44 names the devil rather than spelling out the name Yahweh. My testimony makes the identification explicitly: I believe the scriptural character of Yahweh supplies the identity behind the murderous and lying father described there.
6. My recognition of the Father remains affirmative
Alongside that judgment stands my recognition of Ahura Mazda, described in the Gathas as the Father of cosmic Aša—Truth-Order. That ancient fatherhood relationship provides the positive foundation of my faith.
I recognize the Father through truthfulness, righteousness, and the rejection of deception.
I therefore want my position preserved accurately: I identify Yahweh as the father of lies, a liar and murderer, and I recognize Ahura Mazda as the Father of cosmic Aša.
These are judgments about divine character and scriptural attribution. They assign no inherited guilt to a people.
I accept responsibility for stating my conclusion plainly. I ask that anyone documenting my testimony preserve what I actually believe.
— Diesel the Magus