To: Hank Kerchief
I understand what you believe is immoral or unethical, but I am not certain that I understand why you believe it. You personally believe that certain actions are wrong, but where does that belief originate? Such issues are not part of nature. Nature has no category of morality. If man is simply a naked ape, why would he even care about what is right or wrong?
I do not believe that only Christians believe that God’s will is always best. I cannot imagine any theistic religion that does not look to a deity as authoritative. If a Christian believes that God is omniscient and benevolent, which are some of the attributes of God, then if God commanded that a certain group of people should be killed, it would be for the best. God chooses to work through sinful people in a sinful and corrupt world. Sometimes a group of people become so corrupt and wicked that God is forced to wipe them out so that others may live. All of these judgments are previews of the final judgment.
To: Nosterrex
“If man is simply a naked ape, why would he even care about what is right or wrong?”
I have no idea what your question means unless you accept the absurd Darwinian evolutionary hypothesis, which I do not. Man is a volitional being which means that everything he does as a man he must consciously choose to do, and is responsible for those choices. Choosing wrong, will result in death at worst, or a life of misery, at best.
Hank
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