RE: Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread
May 24, 2018 at 10:14 am
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2018 at 10:17 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
OK obviously CL was editing her post when I replied. It happens.
I find it interesting that theists are so sure that good and evil exists outside of us. If you wiped out all of the human race they seem to think that good and evil would still exist. But they cannot explain how this could be. It's basically the whole god question but in a different form and the same questions can be asked.
Like what is good and evil? / What is a god?
Why do you believe that good & evil / a god exists as a separate entity when it cannot be measured or sensed?
etc.
OK I see what you mean. I wasn't intending to make it sound like a conflict but a pattern of thinking common to theists.
This thread inspired by my other thread about how perhaps theists are more driven by things external to themselves and are less introspective.
https://atheistforums.org/thread-55073.html
I find it interesting that theists are so sure that good and evil exists outside of us. If you wiped out all of the human race they seem to think that good and evil would still exist. But they cannot explain how this could be. It's basically the whole god question but in a different form and the same questions can be asked.
Like what is good and evil? / What is a god?
Why do you believe that good & evil / a god exists as a separate entity when it cannot be measured or sensed?
etc.
(May 24, 2018 at 10:11 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(May 24, 2018 at 10:02 am)Mathilda Wrote: Didn't say there was a conflict. I suppose it is a consistent world view.
I meant the conflict between the 2 things you mentioned we believe in. You phrased it like those 2 things should be mutually exclussive, or contradictory to each other.
OK I see what you mean. I wasn't intending to make it sound like a conflict but a pattern of thinking common to theists.
This thread inspired by my other thread about how perhaps theists are more driven by things external to themselves and are less introspective.
https://atheistforums.org/thread-55073.html
