It seems like, then, that aspect of the scripture was not Divinely Inspired. Maybe what God revealed to Samuel originally was; but I don't see how thi...
I don't see how my argument is pseudo-logic because it uses analogical reasoning. Can you provide any part of my argument that cannot be translated fo...
I don't think it is pacifistic. When Jesus is talking about loving your enemies, he is not intending that you should not stop them from doing evil. He...
I'm not that familiar with it, but it seems pretty good. The only quibble I might have with it is the idea that it has to be sanctioned by a governmen...
That’s fair. I think letting them starve, all else being equal, is better than murdering them. But couldn’t God just drive them out? Why would God mur...
I am unsure how you got to there from what I said: I was saying that God can allow evil—that’s not the same as doing evil. Maybe under your view God c...
:up: At the end of the day, I was just trying to convey to @"Banno" that I was agreeing with them in that God's Justice is about restoring the propert...
a priori) is that possibility is thought of in terms of possible worlds: that’s the real issue. For this ontological arguments from great-making prope...
Making a religion in the colloquial sense of that term is more about, in my head, coming up with traditions, superstitions, rituals, etc. I am not rea...
CC: @"Leontiskos" @"Count Timothy von Icarus" @"RogueAI" Now we are getting somewhere! I appreciate the elaborate response. I see where your head is a...
Sorry, I may have misread your original question. Yes, I would say that “No”; (a)’ does not condone abortion prior to six weeks: it omits that from th...
This is disanalogous to allowing evil. An analogous version of your example would be: “Would you make a car that works fine but you knew someone else ...
:up: The difficulty in this question is that: 1. It shifts the discussion from what a perfect being would do to what a nuanced, particular human would...
Exactly. One explicates an endorsement; the other omits a discussion about it. Yes. All over the place. For example here: -- Exodus 21:20-21. And here...
Yes, b’ is immoral to endorse: it positively affirms abortion; whereas a’ does not. Think of it this way, which is harder to revoke: a bill that merel...
I gave you as a response an argument for it that was not dependent on revelation. I’ll give to you again: What about this requires divine revelation? ...
I apologize: I thought retribution semantically referred to restoration. Retribution actually refers to punishment. I was referring to restoration thi...
I would agree if you remove the “not resulting from rape or incest”. I get the appeal to vote for it because it is like “well, it’s better than nothin...
You conflated God doing wrong with allowing wrong. There is no possible world where a perfect being can exist that is not God; which you may use this ...
You are assuming there is such a thing as pointless pain. I don’t believe that. I agree prima facie this doesn’t seem like a part of the best of possi...
I am not sure the relevance of that point, but to answer: the primary cause of incarceration is, without a shadow of a doubt, the culture in which a p...
To quickly note, this would be confirmation bias. My argument is an external critique, and there is one fundamental way to contend with it: to demonst...
Justice is about respecting the ordering of things; and when that ordering is broken it must be restored; and to restore it the offender has to pay a ...
No I don't think we would; because then most of us would always block pain. Likewise, is it metaphysically possible to block pain as a mental switch: ...
It doesn’t have to be. You are trying to lump me into a broader metaphysical framework so that you don’t have to contend with what I am saying. I want...
Like I've always said, justice is about respecting the dignities of things which is relative to the totality of creation (and how everything fits into...
What is contradictory with what I said? The phrase "you can't have your cake and eat it too" refers to one holding a contradiction. I noted that a wel...
Originally, historically, that was the case; but there are some weapons we have now that had no analogous weapon back then (such as nukes). I am fine ...
Why do you keep straw manning my position?!? I've giving you every reason to believe that I believe that I can justify my claims through natural theol...
Well, my argument was an external critique; but one could make an internal critique that the NT is incongruent with the OT: it just isn't as powerful ...
I am not sure what the terms in the literature refer to here: I am saying that God would focus on providing retribution and rehabilitation for sins. I...
I didn't make the claim that a world without pain is better: @"RogueAI" did. That's on them to prove that. You can't shift the burden of proof on me f...
CC: @"frank" I understand why you said that, because you are assuming I believe in the Son of God because of the Bible. I don’t. I believe in God, in ...
I was asking you what you think the best possible totality of creation would be. I do think this is a part of the best possible totality of creation. ...
:up: CC: @"Samlw" "Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem. Even this evil is productive of good. It prevents the degeneracy of governmen...
I think this is a thoughtful and good post. As an american that would rather die than give up the 2nd amendment, let me offer you some brief points yo...
Ok, so you accept the principle that "if one must do something to survive, then it is amoral". So if I need to rape a woman to survive, it is neither ...
Why? Evil is a privation of the good that God always wills. Given your previous elaboration that I didn’t understand, I don’t think you are talking ab...
Firstly, that would be a world. Secondly, what do you mean by paradise? That just begs the question: you’re appealing to a vague “Utopia”. There’s not...
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