Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: March 27, 2025, 2:25 am

Poll: How do you account for psychopaths?
This poll is closed.
I don’t believe God is responsible for our morality
50.00%
4 50.00%
I don’t accept that psychopaths really exist
0%
0 0%
Psychopaths are choosing to ignore their innate sense of right and wrong
0%
0 0%
God mistakenly misses out psychopaths when granting morality
0%
0 0%
It’s the psychopath’s fault they have no empathy
25.00%
2 25.00%
It’s because of “the fall”
0%
0 0%
Other
25.00%
2 25.00%
Total 8 vote(s) 100%
* You voted for this item. [Show Results]

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Theists: how do you account for psychopaths?
#58
RE: Theists: how do you account for psychopaths?
(May 23, 2018 at 11:28 am)mh.brewer Wrote:
(May 23, 2018 at 11:09 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: They have the ability to choose to behave morally even if they don't care or have empathy towards others.

I still fail to see how this has anything to do with morality coming from God.

I don't think you understand that a psycho/sociopath morals (if you can call it that) are all self centric. In other words, what is best for them is what is best period. So they do make their moral choices, their best moral choices, it just that non of their choices include you (or anyone else) in the thought process.

Which is why I don't believe morality is subjective.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh



Messages In This Thread
RE: Theists: how do you account for psychopaths? - by Catholic_Lady - May 23, 2018 at 11:31 am

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Evolution cannot account for morality chiknsld 341 49335 January 1, 2023 at 10:06 pm
Last Post: sdelsolray
  Theists: What do you mean when you say that God is 'perfect'? Angrboda 103 22113 March 5, 2021 at 6:35 am
Last Post: arewethereyet
  Theists, please describe how you experience your god I_am_not_mafia 161 22668 June 15, 2018 at 9:37 am
Last Post: The Grand Nudger
  Theists, Who would You Rather Have as a Neighbor Rhondazvous 23 8731 November 10, 2017 at 6:44 pm
Last Post: vorlon13
  Theists: What is the most compelling argument you have heard for Atheism? PETE_ROSE 455 125393 April 5, 2017 at 12:34 pm
Last Post: RoadRunner79
  The Biblical Account of the Creation - A new look RonaldMcRaygun 10 3585 March 31, 2017 at 5:47 pm
Last Post: Brian37
  Theists: would you view the truth? robvalue 154 24019 December 25, 2016 at 2:29 am
Last Post: Godscreated
  Why are you Against Homosexuality (to theists) ScienceAf 107 21599 September 2, 2016 at 2:59 am
Last Post: robvalue
  Forum theists: when you have a moment, please... Athene 125 32083 October 27, 2015 at 11:09 am
Last Post: Mr Greene
  Theists, what does faith mean to you? Tartarus Sauce 133 38606 August 14, 2015 at 9:21 am
Last Post: Tartarus Sauce



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)