contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoA cool guide to Epicurean paradoxi.redd.itimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareHelixDab2@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoThis presupposes that “evil” exists as a universal concept that a god is bound, versus a god that exists outside of concepts of morality.
minus-squarefalcunculus@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoThe god that gave His faithful the ten commandments and has His church promise heaven or hell depending on behavior exists outside of morality ? He literally defines it.
minus-squarep3n@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoYes, this. This supposes that either: A. There is the existence good and evil that supersedes the authority of God ( which means God cannot be sovereign over morality ) B. I define good and evil and then judge “god” based on my definition ( which from a moral standpoint would actually make me god ) I suspect that this really isn’t a paradox for most people because they either: A. Look at the world and see horrible things they don’t like and then want to judge God for them ( with what authority ? ) B. They don’t believe in God to begin with but like to use this chart to re-enforce their belief that they are logically correct. A God that literally defines good and evil by his existence ( I AM ) breaks this chart.
This presupposes that “evil” exists as a universal concept that a god is bound, versus a god that exists outside of concepts of morality.
The god that gave His faithful the ten commandments and has His church promise heaven or hell depending on behavior exists outside of morality ? He literally defines it.
Yes, this. This supposes that either:
A. There is the existence good and evil that supersedes the authority of God ( which means God cannot be sovereign over morality )
B. I define good and evil and then judge “god” based on my definition ( which from a moral standpoint would actually make me god )
I suspect that this really isn’t a paradox for most people because they either:
A. Look at the world and see horrible things they don’t like and then want to judge God for them ( with what authority ? )
B. They don’t believe in God to begin with but like to use this chart to re-enforce their belief that they are logically correct.
A God that literally defines good and evil by his existence ( I AM ) breaks this chart.