God's "Love Letter to You"

I see this often. The saying goes that you should read the Bible because it is God's 66 book "love letter" to you. Isn't that super special?

You should read the Bible.
You really should. It's hilarious! And morbid. Like to read about the violence of war? Saving Private Ryan has nothing on the Bible. Interested in stories of sexual depravity? The Bible is dirtier than Flowers in the Attic. Like improbable myths about people being swallowed alive by animals and surviving? Rape apologizing? Justification for child abuse? Rampant polygamy? Slavery? It's all in there. Reading the entire Bible from start to finish is probably the single biggest cause of Atheism there is.

But love? I don't think the Christian god understands this term. 

Let's lay aside for a moment the obvious fact that the bible wasn't written specifically for one individual person. Let's forget, for a moment, the fact that it's literally thousands of pages, much of which is about brutal and bloody warfare ordered by this god. If someone of the opposite sex (or whatever gender you prefer) gave you a huge book they'd written about the end of the world and how you need to praise them constantly or else be thrown into a lake of fire for all eternity, what would you do? Swoon?? I'd call an ambulance because that person would clearly be having a psychotic episode.

The Christian god is portrayed as a narcissist, incapable of a healthy relationship between equal partners.

How do narcissists behave in relationships?

• It's all about them. They are constantly looking for attention, admiration and praise. 
• They are always right, even when they contradict themselves or don't make any sense.
• Irrationally and sometimes violently jealous.
• Manipulative and/or controlling
• Aggressive/violent
• Very demanding
• Cannot tolerate criticism or negative feedback
• Everything bad they do is your fault
• Blatant disregard for the feelings of others
• Strong sense of entitlement and superiority
• Only cares about you when you are serving their purposes and designs
• Is mainly interested in what others can do for them
• Breaks rules/laws which they ruthlessly expect others to follow (IE do not murder)

If you've actually read the Bible, you've already seen plenty of examples of this in the Christian god. This is pretty close to a complete description of his personality. Additionally, any Christian with any religious training at all will tell you that their god wants you to be completely dependent upon him in every aspect of your life. That's not love, folks! That ain't even close.

People say it's not a religion, it's a relationship. If that is true, it's an emotionally abusive one. If it were real love, god loving you wouldn't obligate you to love him back, or else.