RE: Why Do Atheists Criticize People's Beliefs?
June 2, 2017 at 5:42 pm
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2017 at 5:47 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Oh, that's not for me to decide, for you...but...in my opinion?
An earnest believer can do things from a position of goodnesss that are, objectively, horrifying.
I think that A is just a good man doing what he was told was right, by some nutter or what he believed was right, because of some nutty book about "jesus". C doesn't have that. He can't say that god wanted him to do that, or that society told him to do that, or..really, anything, he's just a fucking terrible person who killed people because he didn't like life...... Ultimately, you chose to set the scene as such, not me.
I'm still wondering what you think, though? I get that you intended it to be a mooting example.....but is it?
An earnest believer can do things from a position of goodnesss that are, objectively, horrifying.
I think that A is just a good man doing what he was told was right, by some nutter or what he believed was right, because of some nutty book about "jesus". C doesn't have that. He can't say that god wanted him to do that, or that society told him to do that, or..really, anything, he's just a fucking terrible person who killed people because he didn't like life...... Ultimately, you chose to set the scene as such, not me.
I'm still wondering what you think, though? I get that you intended it to be a mooting example.....but is it?
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