RE: Why Secular Morality is Superior
June 20, 2013 at 4:22 pm
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2013 at 4:27 pm by John V.)
(June 20, 2013 at 3:46 pm)Ryantology Wrote: And a Christian finally reveals that free will is a lie. Sin is the result of exercising will that goes against God. No infant has the capacity to do that. If free will is the vehicle by which we are capable of sin, then no sin is certain to happen in the future. If God can judge someone ahead of time, then there is no free will, because those babies were predestined to be what they were.If there's no free will, then we're not autonomous agents with rights to any particular treatment.
Quote:If every Amalekite was slaughtered under that pretext, that every single one of them would, in their lifetimes, be guilty of a sin that demanded death (even though they hadn't committed it yet), everybody in the world should have suffered the same fate.Like in the flood? Biblically, yes, everyone deserves that fate, but god is longsuffering, allowing the world to continue for his own purposes.
Quote:It is not justice if it is not consistent.Mercy need not be consistent. Don't conflate it with justice.
(June 20, 2013 at 3:59 pm)Esquilax Wrote: Well, you would know all about bare assertions, wouldn't you?Must...resist...bare...insertion...joke...
(June 20, 2013 at 3:37 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: Removing all the red herring evasion...
(June 20, 2013 at 3:33 pm)John V Wrote: Can you support your claim that secular morality focuses like a laser on what's really important, and justify the added complexity that it brings to some issues? If not, you lose.Well?
