RE: What God's justification for eternal torment?
October 8, 2020 at 11:33 pm
(This post was last modified: October 8, 2020 at 11:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Perhaps, and that would at least be a clear position on the matter, though I like to think it's a miscommunication. For most of the faithful, gods decrees and demands are good, but decrees and demands are not goodmaking properties. That's where notions like desert come in. There would not need to be any comments about justice and disobedience if this were not a situation of moral import, and if god were not a moral agent, and could not be held accountable to a moral standard. If god does what he wants, and what he can do is the rightmaking property - nothing about what we do or deserve matters. If we didn't deserve it - but god wanted it- it would be good....up to and including genocide. If we did deserve it, but god didn't want it, it would be bad. I assume that covers alot of sins.
The one is a moral defense of a moral agent according to a moral standard in a situation with moral import. The other is a rejection of morality in it's entirety.
The one is a moral defense of a moral agent according to a moral standard in a situation with moral import. The other is a rejection of morality in it's entirety.
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