(October 8, 2015 at 3:11 am)sinnerdaniel94 Wrote: So if I killed all the babies in the world, you wouldn't care?

So long as you pinky promise jebus you won't do it again you'll be fine.

FSM is more discerning, RAmen

(October 8, 2015 at 5:31 pm)Nay_Sayer Wrote:

(October 8, 2015 at 3:11 am)sinnerdaniel94 Wrote: So if I killed all the babies in the world, you wouldn't care?

So long as you pinky promise jebus you won't do it again you'll be fine.

FSM is more discerning, RAmen

that's a screwed up view

And yet "Jesus forgives me for everything" is your view.

(October 8, 2015 at 5:54 pm)Evie Wrote: And yet "Jesus forgives me for everything" is your view.

yeah you're right

(October 7, 2015 at 2:32 pm)RobbyPants Wrote: I've seen people make this claim and I've seen Christians use various approaches to defend against it. Still, I can't count the number of times I've seen a Christian use that exact claim to say why it wasn't a problem for God to drown the babies in the flood ("They ended up in heaven, so it's a net gain!").

I've heard people say that only God has the authority to do so. This leads to two issues:
Whether the person has the "moral authority" to kill or not is beside the point. They are improving the existence of the child and Christians believe the parent could later seek forgiveness.

IOW, the ends justify the means. You're welcome to hold that view yourself, but many people disagree, and not just theists.

Quote:This makes Christian morality not based on what actions a person takes, but who is taking the actions. If your answer to the question "is murder wrong?" is "it depends on who does it", your morality is probably fucked up.

Loaded question, as whether a killing is indeed murder is dependent on who is killed, who does the killing, and why.

The most interesting thing about this thread is that atheists, some of whom are former Christians, see the goal of the Christian life as looking to the Bible to find loopholes and outwit God regarding salvation.

They have to.
If they followed the bible to the letter, they'd all be in jail.

Everybody's a café Christian whether they know it or not.

(October 9, 2015 at 8:57 am)ignoramus Wrote: They have to.
If they followed the bible to the letter, they'd all be in jail.

Everybody's a café Christian whether they know it or not.

Rather, the bible has different instructions for different sets of people. Most Christians recognize that. Atheists seem to have a hard time with the concept.

Why would I become a Christian now?

If I'm gonna do it at all, it will be just before I die. That works, right? If I do it now, I have to apologise each time I kill a baby. It will save time to just do the one apology at the end.

If you think that makes the system sound really stupid, then I agree. It is.

(October 8, 2015 at 8:21 pm)sinnerdaniel94 Wrote:

(October 8, 2015 at 5:54 pm)Evie Wrote: And yet "Jesus forgives me for everything" is your view.

yeah you're right

Obvious poe is obvious.