RE: Homosexuality is a sin? Well, Xtians, what about these other 76 things?
May 23, 2013 at 8:48 am
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(May 22, 2013 at 3:41 pm)Ryantology Wrote: Well, then that makes me wonder why God didn't just give us more persuasive consciences. We would not need such blood-soaked laws to scare us into living within the boundaries he wishes and it would still allow for free will.That's illogical. If conscience is less than absolutely persuasive, law is required. If conscience is absolutely persuasive, there is no free will.
(May 23, 2013 at 2:07 am)Ivy Wrote: Sadness no more, therefore, excitement no more (since erasing hardship makes goodness count for nothing).Interesting - that's an answer some theists give to the problem of evil/suffering, yet atheists tend to discount it.