RE: Christians, Prove Your God Is Good
March 17, 2015 at 1:37 am
(This post was last modified: March 17, 2015 at 1:37 am by Whateverist.)
(March 16, 2015 at 10:04 pm)daver49 Wrote: The question (without a question mark) posed in None's first line: if Christians can explain why (my italics) their god is good without resorting to "Because the bible says" I would also say any statement construed as a challenge implies a question like: "can you do better?" In the case we are discussing, the question is more like, "Can't you do any better than that?" I believe that is a perfectly valid question because we know one side begins by not accepting the authority of the Bible, while another one does. So, how to bridge the gap? Do people want to bridge the gap? Does it even matter?
I personally find the bible's authority an absolute sticking point. I can't think of anything that has that kind of authority for me, nor would I want to.
But then I'm not really interested in the goodness of any god in question. I can't really get involved in the particulars of something which means so little to me to begin with. I assume the people who want a god in their life either think it is good or else they hope that by praising it enough it will at least not slaughter them outright.
It seems to me we just have to agree to disagree about gods until someone produces some tangible evidence. Not that you need to justify your belief to me. I believe in plenty of things which I could not necessarily justify to your satisfaction, but I don't intend to abandon them on that account either.
But if I could ask you to explain one thing for me it would be "why the bible"? I get, "why not". What I don't get is "why".