Quote:Every single relatively good person goes to heaven, but that's because "relatively good" is relative to a right relationship with God through Christ JesusGood and evil are man-made concepts. Nothing more. Theists tend to think we got this "morality" from some supernatural being. I disagree. Thinking of others and maintaining a caring and thoughtful attitude is largely due to our social nature. We are naturally social animals. Elephants would never abandon one of their own. This isn't because of god but because of their social nature. In nature, there is no such thing as good or evil. Only behaving in a caring social attitude. We call this moral but in fact this is beneficial for everyone who plays by those social standards. By standing and helping each other we are in fact bettering ourselves as social animals. If everyone was selfish and only thought of themselves society as we know it would break down. So it's beneficial to help others. Good and evil just like god are all concepts.
Quote:apart from whom there is no good.Wrong. Good and evil are only man made concepts. Doing good as in a caring social attitude is natural to us by nature. God had nothing to do with it.
Quote:The sinfulness of manSin is just a concept.
Quote:You disagree, of course, because you opt for a vastly different moral theory.Of course. One that actually makes sense.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.