RE: Theists, some questions
October 22, 2013 at 7:27 pm
(This post was last modified: October 22, 2013 at 7:34 pm by Simon Moon.)
(October 22, 2013 at 6:50 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote: Though we can't actually know that it happened you either believe it happened or you don't believe it happened.
Why should we believe it without evidence and reasoned argument to support that it happened?
Quote:Better to assume that whatever is telling you to kill is not God. Though killing people can be moral like when they shot Osama Bin Laden.
How do you discern the difference between a voice in your mind (or however a god would communicate) that tells you to help needy people in your community, and a voice that tells you to kill?
(October 22, 2013 at 7:03 pm)Sword of Christ Wrote: I'd have to know specifically who I was killing and why like you yourself would.
If you knew absolutely that it was God, why are you even questioning the orders?
That sure sounds kind of like you are letting your own morality judge what God ordered you to do.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
