RE: On Moral Authorities
November 18, 2016 at 10:33 am
(This post was last modified: November 18, 2016 at 10:38 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 18, 2016 at 10:25 am)FallentoReason Wrote: I'm well aware, and I've shared my thoughts on that already. Though, that's not what Ham is talking about, purely due to the fact that he's unable to conceptualize the dilemma the right way.Hams just informing you that it's a false dillemma. It;s a false dillemma for Hams reason, and for any other reason that one can offer that doesn;t adhere to a or b. Any c is sufficient to demonstrate that this is the case.
Quote:We have one right here advocating for this view. I've never met anyone who's thought otherwise, and I was a Christian for 6 years (and a non-practising catholic growing up).You have a limited experience of faith, and are only referring to one god concept out of who knows how many. Myopic.
Quote:Can't even think of a contemporary monotheistic religion that believes that.All three contemporary monotheistic religions are sub branches of a single conceptualization of the divine. They're all the same damned god, lol. Myopic.
Quote:Again, can't say I've encountered such a thing, despite having done philosophy of religion.Philosophy of -what- religions, in particular? Myopic.
Quote:This is roughly the only thing I've actually heard. And it's not a great explanation. It's still sort of riding the vibes of the 'trivial' horn - where something is good because god says so - since god is arbitrarily good.God does not have to say any such thing, and you're the one re-invoking the dillemma there, not the person who responds with "neither, god -is- good"
Quote:Fair, yet still lacking a sound justification for 'neither'.By sound you mean something you agree with or falls in line with your myopic view. This is related to your acceptance of arguments that fall below the standard of reason. You have a misinterpretation of soundness. Why you would even -begin- to appeal to this is beyond me, which of the horns of the dillema invoking "gods" are "sound"......?
Quote:Given the above, the checklist is actually the one of myopic proportions."Nuh uh, you are"............

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