RE: On Hell and Forgiveness
September 18, 2018 at 1:23 pm
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2018 at 1:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 18, 2018 at 1:19 pm)SteveII Wrote: The point is that God does not decide what is just.Agreed. That's why god is irrelevant to objective moral considerations.
Quote:Forgiveness is not the same as atonement. I can forgive a murderer for killing my brother. I can't take away the consequences. Atonement takes away the consequences.So much for responsibility and strong moral character. This is one part of what makes christianity an objectively immoral religion, further exacerbated by the nature of that removal of consequence.
I don't think you can really make a cogent comment on justice, after saying as much.
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