(June 19, 2013 at 4:39 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Hmm. I think atheists can be happy. I can't reason how an atheist can't see the gains of a just reality. And I do think that's a reality an atheist must face. Reality sans God is unjust.
Putting aside the argument that nothing about the God of the Bible is anything even closely resembling just, the pros and cons of a just reality are beside the point. What's important is whether or not there actually exists an objective source of justice. This is, frankly, impossible. God's opinions are his opinions. It doesn't matter how powerful he is or how much he knows, they are still (allegedly) his opinions and I disagree with most of them.
Reality, without God is unjust. Reality with your God is a sort of justice which is arbitrary, punitive, and designed to satisfy the lawmaker, first and foremost. God made laws so he could control people. No consideration was made for the people themselves, and why would there be? This is a religion which places no value on human life. Even the evocation to not kill is to be followed not because there is anything inherently wrong with killing someone else, but because God said not to. Well, except for all those times he said the complete opposite.
