(November 3, 2016 at 10:19 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote:(November 2, 2016 at 5:21 pm)ApeNotKillApe Wrote: Emzap, in your opinion, is murder wrong and if so what are the reasons?
I predict his answer is "because God says so".
Clearly, from the question about the hypothetical son, if God said murder was fine then according to him it would be fine.
That would be a rather shallow, overly simplified version of the answer, but it isn't the incorrect answer according to our beliefs.
God created natural law, which is consistent with his nature. His nature is love. Murder goes against natural law. It goes against the way our world was designed to work and against the way we were designed to feel, which is empathy for our fellow humans.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
