(March 9, 2016 at 12:12 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(March 8, 2016 at 10:36 pm)God of Mr. Hanky Wrote: I don't want you to say anything, CL, and I hope you won't hold a grudge against me for pointing out the problems in your arguments (remember, you started this thread to argue that your god is moral). I want you to apply some actual thought to the doctrine-based ideas through which you evaluate this world and the people in it without any special pleading. If God is what you believe he is, then he should be enough of a big boy that he would not take offense at being held to the same standards of evaluation which you would hold me, or any human to. If anything, the standards for a god should be more stringent, not less!
Generally speaking, I have no problem with you disagreeing with my views. But if you continue to accuse me of defending rape in any way, then I'm sorry, but it's not something I can reconcile with. That's really all there is to it.
Nobody's accusing you of defending rape. We are saying that you are EXCUSING God's implied complicity in rape by special pleading.
So when God allows a child to be raped, and does not stop it, are you prepared to say that God is doing something wrong? Or do you trust that there's a good intent and a good value in the rape of that child? You've said both-- that rape is objectively evil, and that God does indeed allow rape. You EXCUSE this by saying God is special and his goodness is beyong our comprehension.
Read this carefully and tell me-- have I said anything false?
