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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 10:19 pm
Quote:Seeing God as good or evil is superfluous. Everything God does, is for the greater good. That's what's important.
Unfounded assertion
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 10:19 pm
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Incorrect, you're still clinging to the ill logic alluded to above.
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 10:23 pm
(August 23, 2021 at 10:19 pm)Foxaire Wrote: Incorrect, you're still clinging to the ill logic mentioned above. Imagine if things didn't happen to serve the greater good.......what a shitty world that would be.
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 10:26 pm
A greater good without unreasonably attaching the god concept to it, now that's the reality.
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 10:27 pm
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Quote:Imagine if things didn't happen to serve the greater good.......what a shitty world that would be.
Argument from consequences 
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 10:30 pm
(August 23, 2021 at 10:26 pm)Foxaire Wrote: A greater good without unreasonably attaching the god concept to it, now that's the reality. A "greater good" without God, is pointless, because then the "greater good" is just whatever a ruling oligarchy decides everyone should do.
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 10:31 pm
Quote:A "greater good" without God, is pointless, because then the "greater good" is just whatever a ruling oligarchy decides everyone should do.
Unfounded conclusion
"Change was inevitable"
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 10:59 pm
(August 23, 2021 at 10:30 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (August 23, 2021 at 10:26 pm)Foxaire Wrote: A greater good without unreasonably attaching the god concept to it, now that's the reality. A "greater good" without God, is pointless, because then the "greater good" is just whatever a ruling oligarchy decides everyone should do.
What is the “greater good” of a god? Can you define it without begging the question?
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 11:02 pm
(August 23, 2021 at 10:30 pm)Ahriman Wrote: A "greater good" without God, is pointless, because then the "greater good" is just whatever a ruling oligarchy decides everyone should do.
A "greater good" with a god is equally pointless. The moment you start using second-hand morality, rather than working it out for yourself using empathy and reason, you've lost.
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RE: Benevolent Creator God?
August 23, 2021 at 11:11 pm
(August 23, 2021 at 11:02 pm)Astreja Wrote: (August 23, 2021 at 10:30 pm)Ahriman Wrote: A "greater good" without God, is pointless, because then the "greater good" is just whatever a ruling oligarchy decides everyone should do.
A "greater good" with a god is equally pointless. The moment you start using second-hand morality, rather than working it out for yourself using empathy and reason, you've lost. How can using empathy and reason result in forming a sense of morality?
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