(October 5, 2017 at 8:13 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(October 5, 2017 at 8:09 pm)Losty Wrote: @CL do you really think it's fair of you to make the assumption that people who don't believe in God feel no remorse for things they've done wrong?
No, it isnt fair. But I didn't make that assumption. What I meant was would you feel remorseful towards God for those things.
Sorry, I should have made that clear.
Even if a deity did show up. Even if that deity was beneficent. Even if that deity cured many of the world's evils. Why would I feel remorseful towards the DEITY for anything I had done? Feel remorseful to a creature that I had no reason to believe existed? If a magic purple unicorn of grace showed up suddenly and started working some miracles, why should I assume that anything I had done before I knew it existed had any relevance? As many have already pointed out, any deity that shows up and proves itself beneficent could not possibly be the deity described in the bible, therefore nothing written in that tome came from it or applies to it. I feel remorse for hurtful things because I have empathy and I have been raised to see other humans as equals. If the Tooth Fairy were to show up, would I approach it on my knees, crying to be forgiven because I told a lie? How absurd.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
