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Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion?
RE: Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion?
It's not that the robot was programmed to do everything; it's that the programmer knew the robot would develop this murderous tendency as a part of its AI. If the programmer knew that, and built this robot that way, then he would be responsible for its actions, not the robot.

If we were created with "sin nature" as a consequence of disobedience, and the programmer of our human nature knew that this was the likely (or even possible) outcome, then it is capricious at best and malicious in reality that the programmer would blame us for disobedience.

The moral result of your religious mythology is that God blames us for the very basic nature of who we are, and says that the only way to be "saved" from the torments reserved for the disobedient is to become obedient and worshipful of the very creature who is to punish us for that disobedience. You are the one trying to have your cake and eat it, too; either we were made to be this way, in which case punishing us for our created nature is morally inconsistent, or we have free will, in which case punishing us for exercising it (or for not guessing which of the hundred holy books to which we have access was "The Right Answer" on how-to-obey) unless we are subserviant is to deny that same free will, making the Creator into a megalomaniacal tyrant. There's no way around the basic fact that saying "Obey me or else, because I am more powerful than you are" is immoral behavior by any being, even your concept of God.
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.

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RE: Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion? - by TheRocketSurgeon - October 30, 2015 at 11:10 am

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