RE: Is God Altruistic? Is God Happy?
March 27, 2019 at 10:57 am
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2019 at 10:58 am by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
(March 27, 2019 at 9:49 am)Drich Wrote:(March 26, 2019 at 1:55 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: No, I'm using the definition you provided. If you don't understand what 'disinterested' and 'selfless' mean, I'm afraid I can't help you.
Read the scriptures you quoted. God will provide all of these things if ask, if you search, if you knock. That's not altruism, that's quid pro quo.
Boru
If you are using my defination as you claim then where did "disinterested and selfless' come from?
From here. I bolded the relevant portion for you.
Quote:Drich Wrote: [url=https://atheistforums.org/post-1893780.html#pid1893780][/url]If god is not altruistic then what was the Jesus on the cross thing about?
After reading the rest of your post let's define altruism as emotion is not a key factor to altruism's execution.
al·tru·ism
/ˈaltro͞oˌizəm/
noun
Given this definition without falling back to emotion why can't god be altruistic?
- the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
"some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism"
synonyms:
unselfishness, selflessness, self-sacrifice, self-denial;
In future, you might consider reading the definitions you post, particularly since you have a habit of making them a central point of your arguments.
Boru
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