RE: How to easily defeat any argument for God
August 12, 2019 at 7:47 am
(This post was last modified: August 12, 2019 at 7:48 am by Acrobat.)
(August 12, 2019 at 7:08 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:Quote:Good or in particular the absence of good is the reason that something is bad
Suppose that nothing good happens in a particular place for a particular period of time. Does that mean that everything that DOES happen in that locale is necessarily bad? Couldn't it be that occurrences take place that are neither good nor bad, but simply inconsequential?
Boru
That's a good a question. But it's hard to imagine what sort of locals inhabit this place?
The question also seems to operate on a consequentialist view of good and bad.
If the locals desire not do any harm, to steal, hurt, lie to anyone, this in my view would be a good thing.
Where as if the locals desired to do all sorts of bad things, like steal from their neighbors, but just haven't had the right opportunity to act up on it, then this would be a pretty bad place, even though they haven't acted upon their desires yet.