RE: Atheists Wager
December 11, 2012 at 2:57 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2012 at 3:07 pm by Mister Agenda.)
(December 11, 2012 at 7:39 am)CliveStaples Wrote: What is a "good" life? What does it mean to make a place "better"?
Why is it usually Christians who think those questions are stumpers?
(December 11, 2012 at 9:02 am)CliveStaples Wrote: How do you know that you should do Good, rather than Evil? How do you know that "You should do Evil" is false?
You can't escape the burden of deciding for yourself what is right and wrong. Even choosing to do whatever you think God wants you to, requires YOU to judge that obeying God is good.
(December 11, 2012 at 1:53 pm)John V Wrote: This is a common misconception. As James said, the demons believe in God - and shudder. Biblically, you are judged on your merits. God just doesn't find us very meritorious.
A good potter doesn't blame the clay.
