(February 9, 2014 at 9:02 pm)shep Wrote: I often ask theists if god told them to, would they jump off a bridge ... or if god told them to, would they kill a baby ...
I've has one yes but the rest never replied. What does this, to you, tell you about religion?
You have to remember that people do all kinds of crimes and atrocities because some crazy nut guy told them to do it. So if people do "evil things" just because other people tell them to do them then why wouldn't they do them if they believe that some supernatural guy told them to do the same things?
A better question might be: do you have the courage to refuse to do something that an authority figure told you to do even though you know the action commanded is morally reprehensible?
