RE: Attn: Theists - What would it take to prove you wrong?
August 19, 2013 at 2:53 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2013 at 3:10 pm by genkaus.)
(August 19, 2013 at 2:30 pm)discipulus Wrote: The poop eater and you will both soon die and your biological functions will cease.
How are you ultimately any better off than such a one?
His life would be sickly and he'd die sooner - so I'd be better off.
(August 19, 2013 at 2:37 pm)discipulus Wrote: There are many things people do in life that others consider to be bad.
Smoking for example....drinking alcohol in excess...anal sex...
Some consider some acts bad....some good.
Many may agree eating poop is bad. Personally I agree. But if I live in a world that exists as the result of a colossal accident resulting from blind natural forces acting on matter and the short time I exist I am free to determine what is and is not meaningful to me, then I understand that my personal opinion that eating poop is bad is the same as saying it is my personal opinion that lasagna is good.
People here are assuming that I should agree with them that living in such a manner that is conducive to my health and the well being of others is good and obligatory.
I may agree. Many may not agree. Many could care less about not only their health but the well being of others. Many may actually find meaning by positively harming themselves and others.
My point is that no one here is ultimately better off than the sadistic murderer who finds fulfillment in murdering.
That's simply insane. It isn't anyone's personal opinion that eating poop is bad for you, its an objective fact. Don't believe me? Try it and find out.
If you don't act in a manner conducive to your and others' well-being, you won't get to live very long. Finding meaning in things that go against life itself - such as harming others - is contradictory and detrimental to both your life and the meaning you find in it. That fact remains the same irrespective of god's existence. Which is why anyone who finds meaning is productivity is ultimately better off than someone who finds meaning in destruction. Which is why a lasagna-eater like me is ultimately better off than a poop-eater like you.
(August 19, 2013 at 2:37 pm)discipulus Wrote: Maybe the sexual arousal one receives from eating poop outweighs the potential negatives.
Those who enjoy anal sex definitely feel the arousal and pleasure outweighs any potential negative side effects.
My point is that the poop eater and yourself are ultimately no better or worse off for your preferences. You both die and turn into compost.
Given that the duration and quality of life are relevant here, one would be objectively ultimately better off than a poop-eater. The rational solution here is not to find sexual arousal in eating poop so you won't have to sacrifice your health. And while we are at it, what are the "potential negative side-effects" of anal sex?
