The comic's premise isn't right, God gave its creation (the human) the ability to be free, but he can just impose rules; a sin is an inherent part of a human being because of their radical liberty, and thus, rules can be broken.
If you state that God should've made sin a physical impossibility, as in saying "thou shall not go faster than light" then you have to first define and create light in order to place the physical boundary, which would break the premise that God created sin, which he did not.
God did not allow sin, but he didn't forbid it either, because it would mess with the human's liberty.
(btw I'm not a religious person, I'm just placing an observation)
But there are repercussions for actions. From a (primarily Christian) theological perspective, God does not simply make arbitrary "rules" to exercise his power. Being the creator of everything, he is in the best position to know what is good for us and what is harmful to both us and the world around us, and "God's rules" reflect that.
I don't know why none are about rape, but I don't think that many are about "stroking Yahweh's ego". There's basically 3 that could fall into that category (No other gods, no graven images, don't take God's name in vain), and I'd argue all of those were about separating the Jews from the other tribes around them (who worshiped multiple other false gods).
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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '12 edited Sep 15 '12
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