RE: God does not determine right and wrong
February 3, 2018 at 4:13 pm
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2018 at 4:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 3, 2018 at 2:21 am)Magilla Wrote: So you confirm that it is people who are the ones that decide what is good or bad. They say that that god is not good, that that religion is not good, that that god or religion does or doesn't suit me. Then they may adopt the one which seems to support their own pre-conceptions of what is acceptably good or bad. If they find a religion or god with which they agree, then they might adopt that religion or god. So ultimate, it is the individual who gets to decide.OFC. I think that the description of people searching for a religion that fits their own moral sense is spot on, I was noting that they go further....retconning whatever religion they settle on to more closely fit. The search isn't over when they "find jesus"..they then have to make the jesus they found even more concordant.
Quote:But even when a person identifies with a religion, and considers themselves to be a part of that group, yet they can still disagree with what their supposed god is telling them is right or wrong. Again, the individual's personal, private moral code can come into play, and the person may reject some aspect of the religious denomination. This helps to explain why there are literally hundreds of Christian denominations, split off from some parent body. The same applies in Islam, though perhaps to a lesser degree.
No one "disagrees with their god". Ask around. They simply find ways to make their god agree with them.
Quote:Of course, if none of them make sense, (those gods and religions), then it makes most sense to accept none of them.
Any "sense" is granted, not found...and in that regard every religion -can- make sense. It's what we call internal logic. Things that are patently illogical can still be internally logical.
No one finds that christianity (or any other religion) agrees with them, or that it makes sense on it's own. People whittle a christianity that does, and does...that's why you'll never find a jot and tittle believer, even among the group that swears they believe in every jot and tittle.
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