RE: God formally disproven
March 27, 2012 at 8:54 am
(This post was last modified: March 27, 2012 at 9:01 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Chad, you're assuming quite a bit in your criticism. That there needs to be a foundation for this criticism that is acceptable to you, for example. When discussing subjective opinions (of which god is one) it's entirely reasonable to see how they match up to other subjective opinions held by the same culture. For example, the op is criticizing the notion of omni-benevolence (benevolence being subjective, but nevertheless a term with a widely agreed upon definition in our culture) and evil (subjective, but with a widely agreed upon definition in our culture).
Why not just say "I believe in moral absolutes, and if you can't point to a moral absolute I don't believe you"? Well, no one gives a shit about what you believe in, moral absolutes or monsters. This a criticism of a claim that is self refuting by the commonly held definitions of subjective value judgements. The only person making these claims are human being, the only entities involved are human beings (unless you care to demonstrate a god) so his being a human being qualifies him perfectly to make this criticism, no other foundation or authority is required because none was invoked in the manufacture of these principles (both god and evil) in the first place.
Let's be completely clear here, no one is judging any actual actions of god, there are people judging the actions, motivations, and consistency of human beings who wrote fairy tale narratives. Your god doesn't merit a fraction of the credibility you assume in your defense of it.
Whats you foundation for questioning other's foundations? Down the rabbit hole we go, wriggler.
Why not just say "I believe in moral absolutes, and if you can't point to a moral absolute I don't believe you"? Well, no one gives a shit about what you believe in, moral absolutes or monsters. This a criticism of a claim that is self refuting by the commonly held definitions of subjective value judgements. The only person making these claims are human being, the only entities involved are human beings (unless you care to demonstrate a god) so his being a human being qualifies him perfectly to make this criticism, no other foundation or authority is required because none was invoked in the manufacture of these principles (both god and evil) in the first place.
Let's be completely clear here, no one is judging any actual actions of god, there are people judging the actions, motivations, and consistency of human beings who wrote fairy tale narratives. Your god doesn't merit a fraction of the credibility you assume in your defense of it.
Whats you foundation for questioning other's foundations? Down the rabbit hole we go, wriggler.
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