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An unanswerable question
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 (February 19, 2014 at 5:20 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(February 18, 2014 at 8:45 pm)Shep Wrote: I'd be interested and appreciate a reply from the theists that are observing or replying here ... would you really murder a baby if god(s) told you to? Hi Fodo, Thank you for answering. My next question would be, would you still say no knowing your god(s) would send you to hell for disobeying an order?  RE: An unanswerable question
February 19, 2014 at 6:20 pm
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2014 at 6:21 pm by MJ the Skeptical.)
I would hope their answer would be, "If I heard voices in my head tell me to kill my kid, I would check myself into the Psych ward"
..But usually it's some cop-out like "Gawd would never say that" despite the far worse requests from gawd than just killing one kid.
If the hypothetical idea of an afterlife means more to you than the objectively true reality we all share, then you deserve no respect.
 
H0ary H0bbit Religious Views: “Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.” - Edgar Allan Poe (February 19, 2014 at 6:14 pm)Shep Wrote: Hi Fodo, How would I know that? If I'm not sure about killing the baby, then hell doesn't apply. I'm in hell all the time for the crime of following my own interests at the expense of my own well being. That's justice for you... you get what you deserve.  (February 19, 2014 at 8:07 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(February 19, 2014 at 6:14 pm)Shep Wrote: Hi Fodo, What "hell" would you be referring to here? ![[Image: extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg]](https://i.postimg.cc/zf86M5L7/extraordinarywoo-sig.jpg)  (February 19, 2014 at 9:53 pm)rasetsu Wrote: What "hell" would you be referring to here? I think he's saying that being fr0d0 is a hell in and of itself. It certainly is hell listening to him.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
(February 19, 2014 at 8:07 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: How would I know that? If I'm not sure about killing the baby, then hell doesn't apply. Hmm ... then what if you had died not giving god(s) an answer either way, where do you think he would send you then?  RE: An unanswerable question
February 19, 2014 at 10:33 pm
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2014 at 10:34 pm by Lek.)
(February 18, 2014 at 8:45 pm)Shep Wrote: I'd be interested and appreciate a reply from the theists that are observing or replying here ... would you really murder a baby if god(s) told you to? Yes, if I was totally sure God was telling me. God might be ready to bring the child home, which would better than staying here. When God ordered Abraham to sacrifice his son, Abraham obeyed only to be stopped by God at the last second. It was a test of his obedience. Abraham knew it would be for the best and also believed that God could bring his son back to life if he desired. One problem is that some mentally ill people think that God is talking to them when he's not and do terrible things. (Please, nobody come back and say that all christians are mentally ill. I know I left myself open for that one.) 
All I was going to ask was how would you be totally sure "God" was doing the telling.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
Hmm. Sounds a little vague to be basing another person's life on.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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