| Sri Lumpa said: 2. You think it was moral (as it came from god) but that the same act carried out by humans with no divine approval is immoral. If you believe 2, then you are a moral relativist as you apply a different moral standards for the same acts depending on whether it came from god or not (in other words you apply a moral standard to god that is different than the moral standard that you apply to humans).
I do not judge him by his thought, only by his (claimed) actions and there are plenty of them that are immoral (especially in the old testament).
If you teach him something that by default sends him to hell then it is as much your fault as if you pushed somebody in front of a car. How do you think it would work in court if you said "Your honor, while I did push him in front of the car it is his fault that he is dead as it was his decision not to move out of the car's path". It was your action that caused him to risk hell and thus it is your fault if he goes there.
They accept it through faith, not through proof.
You said earlier that there were parts that were not about morality; if you think about it, the parts that are not about morality but about belief are the parts that put people in jeopardy and you do not need to teach them about biblical cosmology to teach them about morality so yes, it is different, though the former (teaching about god) encompasses the latter (teaching about morality).
But one does not put him in danger of being tortured by default while the other does (according to your belief).
For the former (immoral) I agree, for the latter I disagree as it is not my fault if an immoral being chooses to arbitrarily torture people for doing things that are not immoral and thus should not result in torture for doing them.
Nope, because you changed the default case from going to heaven to going to hell and you bear the responsibility for that. Like if a person pushes someone in front of a car they changed the default from "not getting killed by a car" to "getting killed by a car" and if the default happens then the person doing the pushing is responsible for the outcome.
No, I am starting from the point that if a person does good or not then that is their responsibility but when you put them in a situation where even if they keep doing good they still get tortured then it becomes your responsibility. If they become immoral later on then the blame is shared between them and you because two wrongs do not make a right and their subsequent immorality does not excuse yours when you taught them thing that put them in peril.
By torturing them even if they are good persons? Strange love that.
You can teach the moral part without teaching the other parts. If they ask to know more even after you warn them of the danger, then it is their decision, if you teach them without warning them and giving them an opportunity not to hear then their blood is on your head. |
Pointing out that something is a sin doesn`t make me a moral relativist - as some actions are outside of God. I find one thing moral and another immoral.
"If you teach him something that by default sends him to hell"
"By torturing them even if they are good persons?"
This is where we really part ways. Nothing is seen as a default situation. You don`t, by default, get heaven or hell. Before and after people learning about God is still the same situation: either heaven or hell.
if teaching about God is putting someone in front of a car, so is showing them the world. In the end they step aside or they get run over. And i don´t understand why you keep seeing that teaching the word of God is pusing someone in front of a car... no one pushed anyone to anything. In a sense all i do is: this is a road, watch out for cars as they might kill you. Stay on this side because it`s safe.
And showing people about the world does put them in danger of hell.
It`s faith and morality together that might save you. Might because you have to have both to find salvation.
And about faith, people have faith because they see proof, but, as i said, it`s not something everyone accepts as enough. It`s not like there isn`t the Bible, miracles or apparitions or even that they don`t feel anything inside them.
You keep seeing being good as enough for salvation, when it`s not. Everyone can be good to the people that they like. What about forgiveness, for example?
"You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?" -Matthew 5:43-48
Everything in God is of importance. Deciding to take this or that thing out is playing God.








