RE: Objective morality as a proper basic belief
June 27, 2017 at 10:28 pm
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2017 at 10:30 pm by Astonished.)
(June 27, 2017 at 5:01 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Well, we know what Abraham would have done. It sure as shit wasn't to tell god to go fuck himself. "Doy doy doy" - and grabs the knife.
It's curious, I've never heard a response to Matt Dillahunty's brilliant, "If god was the sort to demand human sacrifice (i.e. basically not a god anyone who tries to defend as 'purely good'), Abraham clearly believed fully that Yahweh was the sort of god who would demand human sacrifice. But if god wasn't that type of thing (according to Abraham's knowledge of god), why didn't Abraham reject the voice he heard as not possibly being able to be his god, who would never demand such a thing?" Wonder if Henry wants to take a stab at that. But then considering the bible says god likes the smell of a good human barbecue, I doubt we'll get anything meaningful.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
