I just got past where the stupid overwhelmed my brain and shut it down temporarily...
Logical Fallacy: Special Pleading
Great. We all have a conscience. You are free to believe these are telepathic messages from God if you like but unfortunately for your team, this means atheists can be good without religion.
Logical Fallacy: Bare Assertion
Logical Fallacy: Strawman
Morality is strength. Building a community is strength. Acting with integrity so others do business with you is strength. Working with a system of just laws is strength. Relying upon one another is strength.
This is why humans rule the world and not lions even though the latter are better killing machines.
Our conscience may be telepathic beams from God ...or they could be the result of evolution since we'd have died off if we couldn't have worked together.
Ooooo! Oooooo! Pick me, teacher. (Hand goes up)
Because it violates the will of another, breaks the social contract, creates pain for the surviving loved ones and tears at the fabric of a functioning society.
How'd I do? Better than "duh, cus big invisible sky daddy sez not to."?
(August 31, 2012 at 8:00 pm)elunico13 Wrote: He didn't know his creator and therefore grouped all "gods" under the same category.
Logical Fallacy: Special Pleading
Quote:The LORD does not command morality because it exists outside of him. ...all human beings are made in the image of God and have a conscience (con - with/science - knowledge) given by him to know good. (Gen 1)
Great. We all have a conscience. You are free to believe these are telepathic messages from God if you like but unfortunately for your team, this means atheists can be good without religion.
Quote:How do I know that God is good?
Without the biblical God you can't have morality make sense. Nor any type of human experience.
Logical Fallacy: Bare Assertion
Quote:The "might equals right" is an evolutionary dilemma. The weak die out and the strong survive even if it means murder. ...
Logical Fallacy: Strawman
Morality is strength. Building a community is strength. Acting with integrity so others do business with you is strength. Working with a system of just laws is strength. Relying upon one another is strength.
This is why humans rule the world and not lions even though the latter are better killing machines.
Our conscience may be telepathic beams from God ...or they could be the result of evolution since we'd have died off if we couldn't have worked together.
Quote:Who thinks they can tell me why murder is wrong apart from the biblical God?
Ooooo! Oooooo! Pick me, teacher. (Hand goes up)
Because it violates the will of another, breaks the social contract, creates pain for the surviving loved ones and tears at the fabric of a functioning society.
How'd I do? Better than "duh, cus big invisible sky daddy sez not to."?
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
