A moral God?
Dave Gaban errancy@infidels.org
Thu, 27 May 1999 00:43:38 -0700 (00927809018, 374CF7AA.606@slip.net)
Reverend G. R. Gaudreau wrote:
>
> Dave G.
> It would be much more difficult for skeptics to argue against the
> morals of God, if Christians would just admit we are nothing more than
> God's little playthings. Whatever pleases God, is moral. God may
> torture, love, exterminate, defile, save or doom whomever he pleases
> with no requirement to answer for his crimes.
>
> If God kills, it is always moral.
>
> If God has sex with an unmarried virgin, it is always moral.
>
> If God exterminates all life, it is always moral.
>
> If God changes the rules for salvation, it is always moral.
>
> If God lies, it is always moral.
>
> If God created the Jesus myth, just to watch the death and carnage it
> would cause and laugh his ass off over the result, it would be moral.
>
> If God creates a soul for the simple purpose of watching it suffer for
> etermity, it is moral.
>
> If God makes someone sin, then holds them responsible for the sin, it
> is always moral.
>
> Do I understand the rules as they apply to God or am I missing
> something?
>
> RevGaud
> Hello Dave,
> IMHO you have understood it perfectly. I believe what you stated above
> is known as the Divine Command theory. It involves circular reasoning
> ans special pleading, but what are a few logical fallacies among
> friends, right? ;o)
>
Dave G.
Thanks Rev, just wanted to know if I understood this God correctly.
What is the neurological malfunction that allows folks to believe in
this deity with the double standard?