RE: A rational proof of a time of manifestation of judgement (if God is accepted)
July 8, 2013 at 10:11 am
(July 7, 2013 at 8:11 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Well what if doesn't DECIDE the rules. What if the rules of morality are already set in stone, and one of those is that he ought to be worshipped and recognized for his rank. What if he deserves it and is his right?
Wouldn't that require that there be someone else who decides the rules and has the authority to make them absolute, so that even god is subject to them?
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