You know, people kill people. That's never going to change unless people stop finding reasons to kill other people. So yeah, never going to change. When a god is in the picture, there's more reason to kill. Reference: History.
And don't go tellin me that a lack in belief in a god means there's nothing keeping me from killing; for one, the intended victim might have a gun. Or a knife. Or I could get caught and put on death row or hanged or stoned by the public. I might try to blow up someones car and accidentally blow myself up in the process. I might feel bad about it. They might have had kids or loved ones that would make me feel bad about it, or they could enact revenge and I'd die by their hands. I might feel so badly about it I kill myself. We're social creatures, and just like anything else in this world nothing's stopping us--certainly no god--but that doesn't mean there aren't evolutionary reasons not to kill. As they say: you live by the sword you die by the sword.
And don't go tellin me that a lack in belief in a god means there's nothing keeping me from killing; for one, the intended victim might have a gun. Or a knife. Or I could get caught and put on death row or hanged or stoned by the public. I might try to blow up someones car and accidentally blow myself up in the process. I might feel bad about it. They might have had kids or loved ones that would make me feel bad about it, or they could enact revenge and I'd die by their hands. I might feel so badly about it I kill myself. We're social creatures, and just like anything else in this world nothing's stopping us--certainly no god--but that doesn't mean there aren't evolutionary reasons not to kill. As they say: you live by the sword you die by the sword.
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.