(August 22, 2021 at 11:09 am)Spongebob Wrote:(August 22, 2021 at 10:31 am)brewer Wrote: Also, it's comical that he believes a god is necessary for those actions.
That is another good point. It certainly is not necessary. I would say that it requires conscious choice and that must be grounded in some sort of philosophy. It doesn't just happen by chance because humans are inherently selfish. But there's ample evidence to demonstrate that adherence to a religious philosophy isn't necessary, although it can certainly be done through a religious philosophy. Just happens that the message so easily gets lost and morphs into self-righteousness.
So the idea that "Christians don't live this way" so Christianity is untrue or unnecessary or whatever the conclusion is doesn't make sense.
1. "Christians" is a category, a group, so broad that it lacks meaning. It's like saying "white people". That's too broad of a category.
2. Does the OP know all Christians? Does he know the percentage of good to bad Christians?
3. Why choose to label Christians by the bad ones. I don't say "you know all of those murdering atheists" because Stalin was an atheist.
4. If you learned about and understood Christianity you would know the answer to this question. But you haven't so you don't.
But I think the more interesting idea is morality comes from conscious choice and should be grounded in philosophy. Can we talk about that?
