(February 15, 2016 at 6:53 am)RaphielDrake Wrote: Anyone who scrolls up might find you are someone who is attempting to call pop morality broken by standards you can not properly define because you admit its largely down to the interpretation of the flawed human being who is looking at them. Furthermore you are someone who thinks it doesn't matter if you interpret Gods law correctly or not as long as you believe. As if to compound this lunacy you announce that people who truly believe are free from Gods law. God is of course silent when it comes to informing the masses as to who does or doesn't truly believe as he is silent in all matters. Some might speculate this would mean noone is demonstrably qualified to preach morality but thats ok because apparently Gods Gospel has never been changed. Ever. Except when it definitely has.
As if to make matters worse for yourself you have announced through word and action to everyone that you think openly laughing at someone is the means to a fruitful discussion. That insults and ad hominems create the platform for a fair and balanced debate. A flawed perspective to atheists and theists alike.
Reading all of this who could fail to identify that your interpretation of "Gods law" is whatever you want it to be. If you need alittle extra authority or power behind your personal views you invoke it like theres no tomorrow. When something is found to be inherently distasteful in it they become mere guidelines beyond a mere mortals understanding.
Which brings us back to the original subject, although not for your lack of trying to get off it. If Gods morality is perfect why is it not readily apparent to everyone? Here is where you have truly shined as you have inadvertently presented the answer throughout this discussion;
God is your ego. Your need to be right. Its why he always agrees with you and its why you get so aggressive if someone questions it. Its why your definition has shifted to encompass people who have entirely different views but are on team christian because, hey, at least they're trying to agree with you and thats what really counts. Its why you can so brazenly omit things from your argument because it doesn't matter whether its right or wrong. Its whether you believe enough that counts. Its an approach you take toward what you consider the most important questions so why wouldn't you use it for less important questions. The only wrong answer is one that actively opposes the answer you've given.
Or "God" has given. Its honestly alittle hard to tell where one begins and the other ends. One could postulate that it isn't God whos demanding atonement but I digress, it doesn't matter. You would have the same approach if it were Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Xenu or any other of the wacky little clubs. Because its not really about the religion, its about the authority the religion gives you.
God is power and noone appreciates this more than the powerless.
QFT!
(Bold emphasis my own, of course.)
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.