(December 31, 2012 at 3:47 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: I haven't seen that argument before or at least not along those lines but I have come across similar sentiment. It sort of leads into a thread I was thinking of starting as soon the other threads i have an input into to die down a bit or I have nothing further to add to them. I was going to come at a similar idea but from the question of if religion/Deity did not exist what exactly would be considered evil and by what criteria would it be judged ( before the word good could be used it would also need to be defined) as you can see I haven't fully thought out the wording but I think that is close to where i was going.
A few atheists here will disagree with me but from my point of view right now, it's completely arbitrary and subjective. There really isn't anything bad about a mass murderer and there really isn't anything good about charity. You only say those things are good or bad by how well they fulfill your desires. I made a thread recently about this: http://atheistforums.org/thread-16109.html
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"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
"The lord doesn't work in mysterious ways, but in ways that are indistinguishable from his nonexistence."
-- George Yorgo Veenhuyzen quoted by John W. Loftus in The End of Christianity (p. 103).
