RE: God does not determine right and wrong
February 2, 2018 at 5:52 am
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2018 at 5:57 am by Banned.)
(February 1, 2018 at 9:28 pm)Magilla Wrote: I'm not a "religious people", but here's my 2 ¢ worth . . .
It depends on which god is being mooted. There are many, and they vary from one religion, and from one person to another. Different people have different ideas of what "God" is, and what "God" demands. So obviously they can't all be correct. How do people decide what god, and therefore what is good or bad. The answer is that they use their own standards for what is right or wrong, for what is true or false, for what is moral or not. One hears of people searching for the truth, and looking for "God" etc. When they find it, it is their own mind and standards which tell them they are there. So in advance they have judged the god that they find, then they declare that they have found it.
Otherwise surely, people must mindlessly accept the word of a god, (I'm ignoring how they know that what they believe is true).
It's just my opinion, but Atheists generally want to dismiss God, Jesus Christ the Son of God, and or the God of the Bible and Christianity, perhaps Judaism.
(February 2, 2018 at 5:50 am)Khemikal Wrote: Do you find yourself commonly thinking about doing The Bad Stuff™. Maybe it's just you?
All humans are naturally self centered. Sin begins there, in the mind, and has its results in actions.
Selfishness is not too far away from self preservation, and it is exasperated by the fear of death and surviving.
There is no sin in preserving self, but at the expense of others may lead to sin.
