(March 10, 2016 at 12:46 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: When believers come on here and strike a condescending tone I get royally pissed off. But when the person who holds those beliefs is as sensitive not to be provocative as she is, I can't understand the aggressive impulse some showed in this thread. Of course being human and over reacting is always possible and understandable.
I think the condescension that comes from certain theists rubs off. Makes you expect it every time you have a discussion with any theist. So, you will have one that actually does downplay the immorality of rape (after all, there are verses in the Bible in which God is encouraging it), but it doesn't mean that every believer is okay with rape or defends it as a moral action.
The problem, to me, is not so much condoning rape, which LC is not doing. The problem is that the idea of 'free will' is really just a way to shift responsibility for the problem from the creator to the created. Being omni-everything includes being omni-responsible. Authority without responsibility is not authority at all. The 'fact' that humans have free will (and I've already pointed out a couple of flaws in that assertion) does not absolve higher authority from its responsibility.
