RE: If God changed his mind
July 18, 2015 at 3:53 am
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2015 at 3:56 am by robvalue.)
This is one of those questions which highlights the core problems with "religious morality".
If your only standard is God, then you have no grounds to reject anything he says, even if he changes his mind. You can't even say you prefer how things used to be, because that implies some other standard you are using to judge God.
So if the theist says they will refuse, they are admitting to some different form of morality separate from God. If they agree, then they show they are entirely amoral, and have no actual objections to rape and murder themselves; just that God says don't do them (which is debatable).
So they kind of can't answer. I'll be impressed if anyone gives an honest answer.
If your only standard is God, then you have no grounds to reject anything he says, even if he changes his mind. You can't even say you prefer how things used to be, because that implies some other standard you are using to judge God.
So if the theist says they will refuse, they are admitting to some different form of morality separate from God. If they agree, then they show they are entirely amoral, and have no actual objections to rape and murder themselves; just that God says don't do them (which is debatable).
So they kind of can't answer. I'll be impressed if anyone gives an honest answer.
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