RE: God does not follow the first principle of morality. Why not?
October 6, 2012 at 4:21 pm
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2012 at 4:24 pm by Ryantology.)
(October 6, 2012 at 3:24 pm)Drich Wrote: God's 'morality' is known as Righteousness and you are right it does not change. That is because it is an absolute standard in which none of us can (nor is expected) to live up to.
Well, so far it doesn't seem like he lives up to my non-absolute standard. God is on his own (alleged) record as having committed terrible crimes against humanity. I don't know how that isn't a huge problem.
What I wonder is, where does God's righteousness come from? Himself? Does that mean his will is completely arbitrary? If so, what is our motivation to submit ourselves to it? Is it because he is more powerful than we are?
Because, that sounds a lot like that survival of the fittest thing Christians seem to think dominates secular morality. You tell yourself God is good because you're too terrified of the monster to say otherwise. I know that spinning God as ultimate good and loving everybody makes it easier to sell the bullshit, but I'd honestly have more respect for his followers if they were honest and admitted that God is neither good, nor perfect, and that their 'personal' relationship is one of existential terror.
