RE: Morality versus afterlife
February 8, 2016 at 12:21 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2016 at 12:31 pm by robvalue.)
If it's important to pick a "moral system" that never changes, why pick god's character? Why not roll some dice to pick your morals, and then all Christians use those? At least you'd all agree then, as well.
And of course, there's the problem that God is a horrific arse hole. He describes himself as such in his own propaganda.
I get the feeling people want it to be the case that if you do what God desires, that's somehow automatically what's best for us. This has never been even vaguely demonstrated. And unless you have a separate standard of what actually is good for us to compare it to, you're just flying blind. You don't know if you're bowing down to an angel or a demon.
It comes down to what your goal of morality is. Mine is, above all, wellbeing. If someone else has a different goal I'm happy to hear it, along with why that goal is preferable.
And why is it desirable to refuse to ever change your morality, based on new experiences and evidence?
Even if utal/auto were shown to be "inconsistent", that doesn't automatically leave Christian doctrine as the only alternative either.
And of course, there's the problem that God is a horrific arse hole. He describes himself as such in his own propaganda.
I get the feeling people want it to be the case that if you do what God desires, that's somehow automatically what's best for us. This has never been even vaguely demonstrated. And unless you have a separate standard of what actually is good for us to compare it to, you're just flying blind. You don't know if you're bowing down to an angel or a demon.
It comes down to what your goal of morality is. Mine is, above all, wellbeing. If someone else has a different goal I'm happy to hear it, along with why that goal is preferable.
And why is it desirable to refuse to ever change your morality, based on new experiences and evidence?
Even if utal/auto were shown to be "inconsistent", that doesn't automatically leave Christian doctrine as the only alternative either.
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