RE: Miracles and Anti-supernaturalism
July 23, 2013 at 1:38 am
(This post was last modified: July 23, 2013 at 1:43 am by Undeceived.)
(July 22, 2013 at 1:13 pm)Tonus Wrote:(July 22, 2013 at 1:06 pm)Undeceived Wrote: If there is no God, the only reason to help people is if the action --in some way, at some point-- serves me. How is that moral?
I find that most religions appeal to this part of our nature as well, offering a (very desirable) reward for following certain rules of behavior and offering a (terrifyingly horrible) punishment for refusing to follow those rules.
So you respond by denying that selflessness exists. Thanks for aiding my point. Either you worship yourself and serve yourself. Or you worship God and serve Him and all His creation. God is the life-giver. Of course I am going to gravitate toward the Master who gives me life. Not because I'm selfish, but because without the Master I would be incapable of acting selflessly. He gives me the fuel to love. "God is love" (1 John 4:8) "We love because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19)
With God there is at least a chance for genuine love. Isn't that better than no love at all? I believe God helps me to love others. Why do you crash my party by claiming my love is not real? (Correct me if my exposition of your reply is wrong.)
