(September 15, 2015 at 12:17 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: First off, it is not your decision to make. Parents are stewards of their children; they are not their owners. Each person owns their own life. Secondly, you are not considering the role of God in your hypothetical game. God’s options would be:
1. The parent and child both lead righteous lives: Heaven +2, Hell 0
2. The parent unrighteously kills the child: Heaven +1, Hell +1
3. The parent lives righteously, but the child does not: Heaven +1, Hell: +1
4. The parent is otherwise unrighteous and the child becomes wicked: Heaven 0, Hell 2
To my mind, that’s pretty much a wash without taking into consideration of various doctrines concerning eternal security, election, etc.
Are you honestly under the assumption that your god would give that much of a damn? You know, given the explicit "Go ahead" for abortions and the constant child killing on his part? Fuck's sake man.
(September 15, 2015 at 2:44 pm)alpha male Wrote:(September 15, 2015 at 2:18 pm)Losty Wrote: Oh crap, I forgot. It's only ok for god to kill people right...
Right. Rolling your eyes isn't an argument. It's not unreasonable to propose that the omniscient creator of the universe has greater rights than his creation. It's rather unreasonable - and self-serving - to argue otherwise.
The fact that you're OK with that is so off putting that I need a drink now. So, cheers I suppose.
You're telling me you're actually good with the whole 'might makes right' deal?