(May 25, 2018 at 4:35 pm)Edwardo Piet Wrote:(May 25, 2018 at 3:44 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Right, I was talking about behavior. They may not care about morality for its own sake or care about other people, but they can still choose to behave morally. ...Presumably as not to jeopardise their own well being.
What exactly is the argument again?
Well... why did God allow people without a conscience to exist?
Sure, they'll behave good if they're so worried they'll get caught. But then again, they may just hurt people and avoid getting caught. Why would God allow psychopaths?
And if all that matters is the behavior, from God's perspective, why does he make 1% of people psychopaths but 99% of people non-psychopaths? What's the point of a conscience if psychopaths can still behave good?
Sure, they CAN, but only when they have to.
For the same unknown reasons He allows any other disorder or disease to exist, I suppose. Those are all natural consequences of a natural world. To prevent them, He'd have to divinely intervene every time they would happen, and this wouldn't be a natural world anymore. Why Did He choose to allow the world to be this way, instead of all magical? I don't know. But I do trust that if a God does exist, He knows much better than I do.
"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
-walsh
