RE: The name of God thread.
June 27, 2018 at 2:28 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2018 at 2:29 pm by drfuzzy.)
(June 27, 2018 at 11:47 am)MysticKnight Wrote:(June 27, 2018 at 11:43 am)drfuzzy Wrote: If it's from a religious text, a story, a personal anecdote, or a daydream about some special light that only "believers" can access but can never prove . . . it's not proof. It's fantasy, period.
You might as well be asserting that your dog speaks to you in your dreams and tells you the secrets of the universe. Until we hear that dog speak for ourselves, you're simply delusional.
The nature of goodness is something all humans have access to. There is only one possible way of that to be, and we know God and goodness go together.
(June 27, 2018 at 11:46 am)mh.brewer Wrote:
"The nature of goodness is something all humans have access to." Agreed. It's part of being human - a social animal.
"we know God and goodness go together" Absolutely disagree. Not only is the existence of any deities unproven and highly unlikely, but all of the descriptions of the Abrahamic "Deity" as described in the religious writings describe a deeply flawed, incompetent, impotent, violent tribal monster.
Before you preach about a god, you need to prove that such a creature exists. And after you provide that proof, there needs to be some reason for us to care about its existence.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein