Ethics Project

[robvalue]

I think you should post it here Heat. I'd be interested to read it and offer feedback.

I agree with you, trying to understand their position is really important. I've tried to do that in my time on the forum, and I feel I've come to more of an understanding of the theist position. I'll never totally understand it, but I at least recognize what is going on now somewhat. Acknowledging and understanding their position is bound to make more of an impact.

This probably wouldn't go down too well, a topic I made a while back here:

If you're part of a religion such as Christianity or Islam, then aborting your children before they are born (or killing them just after they are born) is the most loving thing you can do for them.

First of all, you eliminate the risk that they might end up in hell by failing to follow the rules correctly.

Second, they go straight to heaven without any of the pain or heartache this life brings. They begin infinite happiness right away.

And third, it's insurance against them picking the wrong religion.

Even if we pretend there is definitely a god, and it's definitely either Yahweh or Allah, that means every Christian and Muslim is taking a risk. If they don't kill their baby, it might not go to heaven by picking wrong. You may be in the wrong religion and it may copy you, or you may be in the right religion and it may stray to another.

By killing it, the God can't say it picked wrong, so must send it to heaven! Even if you've picked wrong, in which case you're going to hell regardless, you save your child the same fate.

The ultimate act of love! So how can you object, and why don't you do it? Is it because you're hedging your bets in case the whole thing is actually made up?