I really enjoy reading the bible but i just can't get over the cruelty of it. [Spirituality & Religion]
Every time i read something like "And then they burned him and his family alive" or "and they killed every man, woman and child" it just bums me out. How can this be the will of a loving god? That's a hard pill to swallow.
Thoughts?
[c=#BF0000]Edit*[/c][b][i][c=#BF0000]Can you imagine killing even a single little girl? That sweet, round little face looking up at you in terror as you cut her open? Much less THOUSANDS?! And that is what a just, loving, RIGHTEOUS god orders? I can't see that.[/c][/i][/b]
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SW-User
God is a righteous God. He gave life and he has the authority to take it, especially when he feels that it's for betterment of mankind. He destroys the wicked.
Having the authority to do a thing is not the same as being morally justified in doing that thing. I have the authority to put down my dog.
[quote]He destroys the wicked.[/quote]
Including babies. Never met a wicked baby, myself.
SW-User
@Pikachu Moral? If there is no God, there is no such thing as morally right or wrong. It's all subjective without God. And you don't believe in God, do you?
There is absolutely objective morality without god. It's easy: what decreases human suffering and what promotes human flourishing. Murdering babies by the thousands objectively promotes human suffering so it is not moral.
But i won't allow you to deflect from the issue. The fact that one has authority to do something does not automatically make that action moral.
I don't think there is any condition under which killing babies by the thousands, tens of thousands or millions is a moral action. And i suspect if you read about Allah or some other religion's god doing it, you would call it monstrous.
