(May 10, 2018 at 6:07 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(May 10, 2018 at 5:53 pm)Hammy Wrote: 1) Belief is not a choice.
That stance denies existential freedom. I say, everyone is ultimately responsible for how he or she responds to the world. That includes what they believe.
what one believes is largely a matter of where one was born and what circumstances shaped one's paradigm. Since a plethora of religions make equal claim to being "the truth," its a matter of luck if someone just happens to subscribe to the right one. That's not a choice at all, and is certainly not something one can be held morally responsible for in the same way one is responsible for one's actions.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
