RE: Philosophical Buddhist who is still an atheist
August 27, 2012 at 9:58 am
(This post was last modified: August 27, 2012 at 10:03 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 26, 2012 at 11:31 pm)Jeffonthenet Wrote: If I grant you this, it is still true that you could be under obligation to moral commandsNope, never been made aware of any gods moral commands. You're going to have a hard time explaining how I'm under any obligation to follow some moral code that I can't find any documentation of, mandated by a celestial governing body that refuses (or more aptly, just couldn't be bothered) to relay the particulars of either itself or it's rules. Suppose that a god did someday communicate itself and it's rules, I'd still have to read the fine print before I signed on the dotted line...personally.
Quote:which makes it such that God is under no obligation to save you if you do not live a moral life… regardless of if you worship Him or not.and it seems plausible that no one has lived such a moral life when we consider the great suffering in the world and how relatively little we all do to end it.Speak for yourself.
Quote: Such a state seems consistent with traditional Christian teaching which states that we are only saved by the mercy of God and not by anything we have done."Consistent with christian teaching"...gotta be blunt here, this isn't something which means very much to me Jeff.
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