(July 22, 2020 at 8:32 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote:In your world, is there any instance where taking another life is justifiable?(July 22, 2020 at 8:19 am)Shazzalovesnovels Wrote: But the Bible does have some pretty good ideas don't you think?
You know, "thou shalt not kill" and "love thy neighbour"
What do you disagree with?
Neither of those two things is strictly coherent with the idea of vicarious redemption, or of divine command - the two overriding ethical narratives of the old and new testaments.
In the old testament, you absolutely must kill whomever god tells you to kill, and more often than not, god is telling his chosen people to kill their neighbors. It's a moral imperative, and failure is actionable. In the new testament, the neighbor that we're told to love is strung up to satisfy our debts, and that neighbor had a very low view of his fellow man.
Consider the ethical and existential predicament that a non believer may find themselves in, with respect to the abrahamic god. If we refuse to follow the divine commands, and utterly reject the notion that our misdeeds can be paid for with another persons blood, we will be condemned to hell for the immutable goodness of our being.
Why, then...should we be good?
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