RE: On Hell and Forgiveness
September 19, 2018 at 1:42 pm
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2018 at 1:51 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Drich, for most people...even most believing people, morality is not about loving god (or following the law). It's about doing what is right, and not doing what is wrong. It's about what we deserve in either case.
At best, you believe that god set up a separate system to make an end run around moral agency and responsibility. This is why, in all the time you've been here..you've made no headway with the whole "pop morality" thing. Most* of the people here do not believe in your god, a moral person (believing or otherwise) has no need of reference to your god, and the thing you are describing has nothing whatsoever to do with morality.
*By most I mean no one, ofc. You're the only person here who believes in your god.
At best, you believe that god set up a separate system to make an end run around moral agency and responsibility. This is why, in all the time you've been here..you've made no headway with the whole "pop morality" thing. Most* of the people here do not believe in your god, a moral person (believing or otherwise) has no need of reference to your god, and the thing you are describing has nothing whatsoever to do with morality.
*By most I mean no one, ofc. You're the only person here who believes in your god.
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