(November 27, 2021 at 11:13 am)polymath257 Wrote: If a God exists and doesn't owe me an explanation, then I don't owe that deity obedience.
If God exists and doesn't owe me enough evidence to believe in its existence, then I do not owe it belief.
(November 27, 2021 at 9:02 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Wait! Are atheists defending the Principle of Sufficient Reason? They ought to be careful now. There might be things theu might themselves consider brute facts for the sake of other objections.
Nope. Not that at all. It is the theist that is claiming I owe God obedience and belief in spite of no evidence of existence and evidence from the stories of atrocious morality.
A pot that is conscious would certainly have the right to question the potter about how it was made.
Even if that alleged deity did give you a valid explanation, you don't owe obedience even in that case. Obedience is what dictators demand. I'd say if I cant leave you, then it still would not matter if you were saying the sky is blue.
I'd put it like this. Every society has leaders, the best leaders don't dictate and are willing to give up power as things change.
