Firstly we have to define what it is that we are talking about.

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1 Is God A Psychopath? Is God a Psychopath? Firstly we have to define what it is that we are talking about. The God being addressed in this article is the Abrahamic God of the Bible, and as such, Biblical scripture and commonly held Christian beliefs will be used as evidence to support the case being presented. The term Psychopath is rarely used in modern professional psychiatry, and it is often used as being interchangeable with the term Sociopath, and both of these conditions fall under the umbrella diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder. It is becoming more common of late for a distinction to be made between Psychopathy and Sociopathy, and the most commonly agreed upon distinction is that Psychopathy is caused by physical differences in the sufferers neurology, whereas Sociopathy is a learned behaviour. Or to put it simply, Psychopaths are born, Sociopaths are made. Due to this distinction, we will use the term Psychopath with regards to God, as this God is claimed to be unchanging and therefore cannot develop a condition or disorder.

2 What Is A Psychopath? It is important here to note that the media portrayal of a Psychopath is not necessarily accurate. The word conjures up images of Ted Bundy, Hannibal Lecter, John Doe, and many other real and fictional characters that fit this mould. The truth of the matter is very different, and although it would include these people/characters, it is by no means limited to them. ~ The NHS describes Antisocial Personality Disorder as follows. Antisocial personality disorder is a particularly challenging type of personality disorder, characterised by impulsive, irresponsible and often criminal behaviour. Someone with antisocial personality disorder will typically be manipulative, deceitful and reckless, and won t care for other people s feelings. Like other types of personality disorder, antisocial personality disorder is on a spectrum, which means it can range in severity from occasional bad behaviour to repeatedly breaking the law and committing serious crimes. Psychopaths are considered to have a severe form of antisocial personality disorder. The diagnostic tool that is usually used for the diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder is called the PCL-R, which ~ stands for the Psychopathy Check List Revised. This test was devised by a Canadian Psychologist called Robert Hare, and consists of a 20 point checklist. Each of the items on the checklist can be scored as 0, 1, or 2, being not applicable, somewhat applicable, or completely accurate. The necessary

3 score for a diagnosis of ASPD varies to an extent from country to country. In the US, a score of 30 is necessary, but in the UK then a score of 25 is considered to be diagnosable. However a score of 25 is often used as a cut off point for research in both countries. It is very rare for someone to score a full 40 points, and most people that you would meet in your day to day life will score somewhere around 5 to 10. This means that, for a diagnosis, one must score at least 62.5% on the checklist. The twenty traits assessed by the PCL-R score are: Glib and superficial charm Grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self Need for stimulation Pathological lying Cunning and manipulativeness Lack of remorse or guilt Shallow affect (superficial emotional responsiveness) Callousness and lack of empathy Parasitic lifestyle Poor behavioral controls Sexual promiscuity Early behavior problems Lack of realistic long-term goals Impulsivity Irresponsibility Failure to accept responsibility for own actions Many short-term marital relationships Juvenile delinquency Revocation of conditional release Criminal versatility Is God A Psychopath? In order to judge whether the Abrahamic/Christian God is a

4 psychopath, we need to go through each of the items of the checklist, and score them accordingly. Obviously there are certain items on the list which cannot be applicable to a deity, so in order to score it fairly, we will remove those items, and score the total according to percentage. Glib and superficial charm This is the ability to turn on the charm. Being able to come across as charming, smooth, and likeable, but not actually having any depth to those things. There is no evidence that I have found to properly justify this. Score 0 Grandiose (exaggeratedly high) estimation of self So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them Genesis 1:27 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me. Exodus 20:2 Need for stimulation The definition for this is to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite:. This being evidenced by prayer.

5 Pathological lying For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie. 2 Thessalonians 2:11 And if a prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet. Ezekiel 14:9 Now, therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee. 1 Kings 22:23 Cunning and manipulativeness Saying, If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord Who heals you. Exodus 15: 26 Lack of remorse or guilt I am yet to find any scripture that shows God feeling any kind of guilt or remorse for his own actions, other than creating humanity Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 The LORD said, I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them. Not only is this not remorse in the same sense of the word, as

6 it is self centred, but it also further supports his Callousness and Lack Of Behavioural Control. Shallow affect (superficial emotional responsiveness) God is claimed to be omnibenevolent, and claimed to be pure Love. However this is contradicted by the existence of evil, eternal punishment, and not answering prayer. This demonstrates that his Love is superficial. Callousness and lack of empathy The multiple cases in the bible that speak of God s Wrath, of God s Vengence, and of the lists of who should be punished with death show an extreme lack of empathy. Parasitic lifestyle There are multiple mentions of people sacrificing things for God. But it is not made apparent whether God requires these sacrifices or not. However, he does nothing to stop them. Score 1 Poor behavioral controls And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Thee; Thou sentest forth Thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. Exodus 15:7

7 and My wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. Exodus 22:24 Sexual promiscuity Mary appears to be the only case in which one can attribute a sexual act of some kind. Score 0 Early behavior problems See the entire Old Testament. Lack of realistic long-term goals God created man so that we could worship him and bring him glory, but also gave us Free Will, therefore sabotaging his own goal for our creation. Score 1 Impulsivity N/A Impulsive Acting or done without forethought. This is then not possible for an omniscient being. Irresponsibility Irresponsible 1: not answerable to higher authority <an irresponsible dictatorship>

8 2 : said or done with no sense of responsibility <irresponsible accusations> 3 : lacking a sense of responsibility: unable especially mentally or financially to bear responsibility God fits at least one of these definitions. Score 1 Failure to accept responsibility for own actions And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5 This is the justification given for the flood. If we are to accept that God is omniscient, and all goes according to his plan, then it is his own actions that allowed for this to happen. Score 1 Many short-term marital relationships N/A Juvenile delinquency See the entire Old Testament.

9 Revocation of conditional release N/A Criminal versatility Individual Murder, Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, Rape.. Total 26. Conclusion. Out of the list of 20 questions, there were 3 that were not applicable to God, making a possible total score of 34. With a total score of 26, God would be diagnosed as a Psychopath in the UK, and would be classed as a Psychopath for research purposes in both the UK and the US. However, when we look at this as a percentage score, it works out as 76.47%, which is a diagnosable score in any country. God is a Psychopath.

10 Proof Of The Non Existence Of God Firstly we have to define the God that we are talking about. This article is giving my proof that an Omnipotent God CANNOT exist within our Universe, or interact with it if said deity exists outside of it. It doesn t matter if we are talking about Yahweh, Allah, or any other Omnipotent deity. Although we can logically disprove specific deities, there has never been a reasonable argument that I have seen from any kind of scientific basis. That is what my argument is attempting to do, and I believe does a relatively good job of such. Omnipotence in this context is meaning that God has Unlimited Power. In order to have Unlimited Power, it must then have Infinite Energy by definition. Whether this is possible or not doesn t matter, and I will let you decide your belief on that for yourself. We exist in a universe of zero total energy. This means that any and all positive energy (such as Matter) is equally balanced by negative energy (Gravity). Stephen Hawking explains the concept of negative energy in his book The Theory of Everything (New Millennium 2002): Two pieces of matter that are close to each other have less [positive] energy than the same two pieces a long way apart, because you have to expend energy to separate them against the gravitational force that is pulling them together, he wrote. Since it takes positive energy to separate the two pieces of matter, gravity must be using negative energy to pull them together. Thus, the gravitational field has negative energy. In the case of a universe that is approximately uniform in space, one can show that this negative gravitational energy

11 exactly cancels the positive energy represented by the matter. So the total energy of the universe is zero. This means, then, that God cannot exist within the Universe. If God existed within the universe, there would be an infinite amount of positive energy, which would then have to be cancelled out by an infinite amount of negative energy. God would create enough gravity to make the entire Universe collapse in on itself. As we can observe that the Universe is still expanding, then God CANNOT exist anywhere within it. If God exists outside the Universe, then it is unable to interact with it. We can still apply the same rules here as we did previously. If at ANY point God transfers its positive energy into the Universe, then the infinite negative energy which is created still results in a situation in which the Universe collapses. If God exists outside of the Universe, but is unable to interact with it, then it is irrelevant to the point of not existing, and has no bearing on our reality in any way shape or form. Original Writing. Kriss Pyke. *Work In Progress*