The "Cultural Context" Excuse

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Erm, no I wouldn't. If I believed there was this amazingly powerful thing, Christian God or otherwise, I wouldn't think it had the right to do whatever he wants. Why would I think that? I'd think it probably could do whatever it wants. That's not the same thing. You might grant it the right, in as far as you have the authority to; which is not representative of mankind, or universe-kind.

So I'm afraid you're wrong there.

I can do whatever I want to the people I fathered and have locked in my basement. That doesn't mean I have the right. If instead they gave me permission, while not under duress, then you could say I have the right maybe. But society as a whole would still have something to say about that.

It's quite lucky really that it doesn't do a damn thing; it can't without contradicting its own supposedly perfect plans and all that garbage.