The tale of Abram and his wife Sarai venturing into Egypt provides an additional example of God's abysmal morality, which apparently is based more on whim than a set of principles. Abram, a descendent of Noah and the future father of the three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam), travels with his wife to Egypt to escape a famine. Before they arrive, Abram tells Sarai that the Egyptians would kill him if they discovered him to be her husband, due to her beauty, and therefore should pretend to be his sister. Sarai obeys, and once in Egypt, her beauty impresses the Egyptians. She is taken into Pharaoh's house, and Pharaoh rewards Abram for bringing her to his land, never suspecting Abram of his deceit.
Then "holy" "God" intervenes, and sends "great plagues" upon Pharaoh and his house for taking in another man's wife. Despite the Pharaoh's complete innocence in the matter, being utterly convinced by Sarai and Abram of their sibling relationship, God decides to punish him anyway (perhaps he was bored). Pharaoh then casts Abram and Sarai out of his land, and they're off on their merry way.
The moral of the story: God is a racist and needed an excuse to strike the Egyptians. Maybe not. Wait, I have it! Give "God" an excuse to torment innocent people.
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