RE: Abraham, Isaac, and a Dead Toddler
June 4, 2014 at 9:59 am
(This post was last modified: June 4, 2014 at 10:04 am by Mystical.)
Whooo boy GC you're on a roll!
You're right, in this world --the one you and I both live in-- anything goes. On god, you can't kill. But why was that rule made in the first
place? Because in a society consisting of 2 or more individuals, each and every one of us are equal and have existential rights.
I have no more a right to kill you than you do me (unless I'm a Canaanite in biblical times, in which case your god said you could so it's all right, right?).
How can you not see that? The justice system sees reality this way. The socially implemented justice system has concluded that murdering
is not only wrong--it's punishable within the confines of our society. If you lost your faith today-- you still couldn't go killin, and I suspect you
wouldn't. Because there's more reasons than "god said I'm going to hell", for a sane individual not to murder another individual.
You're right, in this world --the one you and I both live in-- anything goes. On god, you can't kill. But why was that rule made in the first
place? Because in a society consisting of 2 or more individuals, each and every one of us are equal and have existential rights.
I have no more a right to kill you than you do me (unless I'm a Canaanite in biblical times, in which case your god said you could so it's all right, right?).
How can you not see that? The justice system sees reality this way. The socially implemented justice system has concluded that murdering
is not only wrong--it's punishable within the confines of our society. If you lost your faith today-- you still couldn't go killin, and I suspect you
wouldn't. Because there's more reasons than "god said I'm going to hell", for a sane individual not to murder another individual.
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.
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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.
