(June 21, 2013 at 4:04 am)fr0d0 Wrote: 1. In a circumstance of an all knowing being able to judge that this was fair.
2. No
3. In a scenario where you have an immortal soul
4. No
There is no possible way any rational human being could sympathize with a being that kills innocent children. This is an example of what Hitchens used to say, "Religion poisons everything." Here is yet another example of how a perfectly rational person can all of a sudden justify the killing of children from a dogmatic system of thinking centered around a 2000 year old book.
Agree with the second one, although it contradicts your first answer.
It doesnt matter how immortal your soul is if every moment of it is predetermined by a god, which of course means absolutely no free will whatsoever. This is just one of the many contradictions in Christian thinking.
Of course not that would be murder, which is obviously condemnable, unless you declare yourself an "all knowing being" that can judge all things fairly.
"Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy."
-Christopher Hitchens
-Christopher Hitchens
