RE: My views on objective morality
March 11, 2016 at 12:26 pm
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2016 at 12:28 pm by robvalue.)
We already have incredibly limited will. I can do almost 0% of the things I could imagine doing. It just so happens that out of this pitiful selection, God choose such options as rape, murder and torture. If he's going to give such a tiny selection, why not make them nice things?
We're only here for his amusement anyway. Why he's so obsessed with us being able to "do evil" I don't know. What's the problem with us doing good things only? God finds that boring, I suppose.
None of it makes any sense, it's trying to explain away why fantasy doesn't meet reality.
CL is far from the only one to carry around a scientific version of reality and a fantasy version, so that either can be called on. For example, "nature" is referred to, as if it's nothing to do with God. But in the fantasy world there is no "nature", there is God's systems. This is why the alternate version is needed, to excuse the shortcomings of the fantasy world and lay blame somewhere else.
Benny: No, it doesn't matter, you're right. Basically, if you're not in control of your actions, then I don't consider you accountable. I'd only assign blame if you made poor decisions leading to this loss of control (such as drinking loads of alcohol or swimming in a toxic sewer or whatever).
We're only here for his amusement anyway. Why he's so obsessed with us being able to "do evil" I don't know. What's the problem with us doing good things only? God finds that boring, I suppose.
None of it makes any sense, it's trying to explain away why fantasy doesn't meet reality.
CL is far from the only one to carry around a scientific version of reality and a fantasy version, so that either can be called on. For example, "nature" is referred to, as if it's nothing to do with God. But in the fantasy world there is no "nature", there is God's systems. This is why the alternate version is needed, to excuse the shortcomings of the fantasy world and lay blame somewhere else.
Benny: No, it doesn't matter, you're right. Basically, if you're not in control of your actions, then I don't consider you accountable. I'd only assign blame if you made poor decisions leading to this loss of control (such as drinking loads of alcohol or swimming in a toxic sewer or whatever).
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