• Manmoth@lemmy.ml
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        8 months ago

        If you think Christianity fits this description then you have a poor understanding of Christianity.

  • Mercival@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    I mean, the trolley obviously can’t fit under the bridge, so this seems like a mass murder/suicide scenario.

  • Knightfox@lemmy.one
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    8 months ago

    I’d like to propose a thought.

    1.) God makes rules

    2.) Following those rules is good

    3.) Breaking those rules is evil

    From the perspective of God the delineation between good and evil is a human perspective, not necessarily God’s.

    A similar point of view would be if a person sets a rule for a child or maybe a pet. The person strictly enforces this rule, but openly breaks the rule because it does not apply to them. The child or pet meet feel that they are being treated unjustly and categorize breaking of the rules as being wrong. Making the child go to bed at bedtime or not allowing the pet to eat certain foods.

    What many atheists do not understand is that human logic does not apply to God(s), just like the feelings of my dog wanting a slice of pizza do not apply to me.

    Is God evil, probably, what is evil? What is good? Is God just? In application to others if you’re following Christian ideology he theoretically is in the long term, but in application to their self definitely not.

    The biggest problem I have with Atheist logic is that if there is a god that it should follow human logic and because there is suffering and issues in the world there must be no god or that God isn’t worth following. If after life beliefs are correct do you think it matters if you took a moral high ground against an unfair god?

    If you’re an atheist because you don’t believe there is a god then cool, but if you are an atheist because you think God should follow our rules idk what to say for you.

    The same goes for religious people, you have to accept that God let’s bad things happen to you.

    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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      8 months ago

      but if you are an atheist because you think God should follow our rules

      You can’t be an Atheist if you believe a god exists that should follow our rules.

      That is like the whole point of Atheism.