RE: Genocide in the Old Testament
September 19, 2013 at 9:25 am
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2013 at 9:26 am by Ryantology.)
(September 19, 2013 at 8:51 am)John V Wrote: It's not mine. It was put forth by one of your fellow atheists. Apparently you think of them as psychopaths.
None of whom adhere to it as strictly as you do, and none for the explicit purpose of glorifying crimes.
Quote:I don't see the necessity of this statement. We can't identify imperfections without a definition of perfection. It's not really a shift of focus.
There is only one definition of perfection which is valid for the ultimate being of the universe: no flaws of any kind, not even those perceived subjectively. You don't have to agree for this to count, because anything less than this is objectively less than perfect.
Quote:By simply saying that God is not bound by the rules he gives to man.Whether or not he is bound by rules is irrelevant. Character flaws don't stop being character flaws just because you're more powerful than anything else. Quite the opposite: being smarter and more powerful gives you less excuse. When you have ultimate qualities in both areas, you have no excuse and exhibiting such qualities makes you a monster to anyone who views such behaviors as negative.