re: #189 Obdicut
I’m not sure anything can beat predestination as a screwed up, cruel-as-hell theological belief for me.
It’s defended through all that “potter and the clay” crap* - namely, that because God has all the power to make people take whatever form and purpose he wants, they have no right to complain about their lives, fate, anything - all they can basically do is say the “you’re in charge God, so do whatever” prayer and be done with it.
*I did a search for “free will” on this page, and by fantastic coincidence, it was nowhere to be found.