RE: WHY was Jesus cricified?
July 30, 2014 at 10:08 pm
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2014 at 10:10 pm by Jenny A.)
(July 30, 2014 at 8:42 pm)alpha male Wrote:(July 30, 2014 at 7:31 pm)Jenny A Wrote: The problem is that Christians appear to define justice in this instance as whatever god thinks is just.Why is that a problem? An atheist defines justice as whatever he thinks is just. You don't seem to see that as problematic. Even if he uses a framework such as utilitarianism or the harm principle, the choice of framework is just his preference.
It's a problem because my rational mind, which assuming he exists, god gave me, tells me that he is unjust. The only framework under which god is just is one which considers only whether god's wishes are obeyed.
This goes back to the question are thing moral because they are moral, or are they moral because god says so?
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.