(June 4, 2014 at 9:39 am)Godschild Wrote:(June 4, 2014 at 5:13 am)Stimbo Wrote: What, precisely, are the beliefs that would lead a non-believer to commit atrocities?
No absolute morality, anything goes in a Godless life.
GC
So, now you're lying.
The Christian version of morality seems to be highly fluid, from those who think they can do things because their interpretation of their vague book says they can, to those who pick and choose which rules apply to them, to those who think their god told them they can do things, to those who bend over backwards to justify the "actions" of their god in the OT.
Honestly, if I were an all-good, all knowing deity I'd do what I could to clean up my image when my fanclub starts doing evil things in my name.
Of course, many fall back on the old, "god works in mysterious ways" cliche, which we all know is a copout. It's seems the "moving in mysterious ways" equates to not moving at all.
RJA
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"