Christianity is Morally Bankrupt

Uh? Empathy is the emotion that makes us feel the hurt in others and makes us want to help them. Psychopaths lack conscience because they lack this emotion, they don't hear this 'still small voice', they don't feel that when they harm others that they are doing wrong. They think they can do anything they want regardless of the effect on others. It's in your definition.Psychopathy is traditionally a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, and egotistical traits. It is sometimes considered synonymous with sociopathy.The only thing that stops them harming others routinely to further their own goals is their intelligence which tells them that society will punish them for doing it. So they spend a lot of time and energy on not getting caught and/or work at not doing the things that they have learnt from society will get them into trouble even if they don't understand why.

A War in heaven. That's hilarious. So heaven is, in fact, just a mirror image of earth and god is just a lessor immortal.You guys, you'll believe absolutely anything.

And, of course, it's never crossed your mind these are obviously just allegoric, man-made stories?

It's a joke Faith, a child could see through it.

No wonder Trump loves you guys, you're incredibly gullible.

Right so I can carry on sinning in heaven can I?

So A&E and god have the knowledge and now we do, great. So we suffer and die. Fabulous.OK, I'm dead and in heaven with knowledge of good and evil. So I can sin. How does that work? It's supposed to be paradise, can I still get mugged? If so how's it paradise? Why would I want to steal if it's paradise and I can have anything I ever wanted - or I don't need anything?How do you know all this?

Hang on, I'm in paradise why would I want to be disruptive? Don't I have everything? Isn't everything perfect?

Do you really need an answer? I'm an atheist, when I die that's it. No more fishing.

But anybody causing a ruckus would make me unhappy, so how does that work?You're making this up as you go along aren't you?

You didn't take that red pill did you?

I'm just playing back what most Christians are taught and believe about their god. All powerful, all knowing, everywhere. So your answer to the suffering question is to invent a lessor god that is incapable of preventing it. There are alternatives of course - no god, a disinterested god and an actively evil god. You've simply chosen the one you prefer while the evidence of suffering suggest any of the others are a better bet. See below. Your problems here are at least twofold.First, that despite not being able to prevent suffering he went ahead and caused suffering anyway. Is that the act of a loving god? He didn't say, well it would be cool to create some people that can eventually join me in everlasting joy but to do it I have to put trillions of life forms through unimaginable agony and ultimate death. Everything I create must suffer and die for billions of years and only a tiny number of them will make it. So, on balance, it's better not too.Second, he's already created this heaven place without suffering anyway. So he COULD do it and HAS done it. What's the problem?Of course we now learn from Faith that heaven isn't this wondrous place we thought it was either. Sounds just like here but without the possibility of escape by death.Still waiting on an answer for why god denies access to his still small voice in some of his creation.

Have you tried? Is there something about the definition of a psychopath that you disagree with? Science can, they know what it is and can show that it is absent in some people. I have a conscience, sure. It's an emotion called empathy. So how are you going to answer it? Mine is not a random claim, suffering and death exist.

The idea that god is all powerful, all knowing and everywhere is what is taught. It's not something I would expect many Christians to disagree with. Here's some revision homework.Characteristics of God - God - GCSE Religious Studies Revision - WJEC - BBC BitesizeBut of course, modern Christians are very flexible on these ideas as they are plainly silly and cause all sorts of doctrinal problems when studied carefully. So modern liberal Christians begin most sentences with I believe ... which allows for anything. Which is just another way of saying I believe ...
Can't argue with I believe ..., except to point out that it's irrational. You have no sense of perspective. This isn't about you and me and now. Life began billions of years ago and ever since has had to consume other life to simply survive. Modern humans - a species that you would recognise as quite like us - have only been around for about 200,000 years but I betting you wouldn't think of them as having a soul, they lived like wild animals - kill or be killed. Even up to a few hundred years ago life for humans was incredibly difficult, painful and very short. You could die from toothache, having a child was a near death sentence. Just surviving was incredibly hard.This is not the work of a god that loves his creation. At very best it's the work of one that doesn't care about our suffering.And no, a few moments of peace and happiness does not make up for all that death and destruction when quite obviously a real loving god could have made it so much better. More I believe ... you are so far away from generic Christianity that it can't be Christianity anymore. The entire thing is an import from all sorts of myths! Again, this is just I believe ... stuff. Stuff you've made up to fit modern science and environmental knowledge. Your position would be totally incomprehensible to a 17th century Christian and probably heresy. Then you're denying evidence. Extreme psychopaths lack conscience and empathy. Well that clinches it! Religious waffle. Try to stick to the facts. If a brain function is missing, the brain can't do it. Psychopaths have a missing brain function.

Just so long as you realise that that term only convinces you. The 'so what' issue is that it's not obvious why a belief about god and religion should change. God and the book that the belief is based on does not change. All that changes are the religious institution's that purport to represent the god. You heard that 'a psychopath’ liked a pet? That's evidence of what exactly? One 5 second google

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Individuals with psychopathy have emotions, and some of these emotions are quite intense. However, there are certain emotional states and internal experiences that they do not have.

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For example, psychopaths tend to be quite incapable of guilt, remorse, empathy, and deep attachment (bonding) to others. The feeling of fear is often muted for this population.

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They do not ‘feel’ the emotional state of others (or care) — emotional empathy. Some with this condition might even assume that no such ability exists when in fact many non-psychopathic individuals have this experience on a consistent basis. Although emotional empathy is extremely deficient, some with psychopathy can recognize the emotional state of others (cognitive empathy) and tend to use this information to manipulate their targets.

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Research has identified patterns that are common among those with primary psychopathy.

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This particular group is hyporesponsive to certain emotions. Meaning, they have low arousal to stressful stimuli and minimal fear reactivity (Herpertz, Werth, Lukas, Qunaibi, Schuerkens, Kunert, Freese, Flesch, Mueller-Isberner, Osterheider, and Sass, 2001).

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They tend not to experience significant anxiety. Furthermore, they tend to be incapable of detecting or feeling the distress of others, even if they caused harm (Viding and McCrory, 2012).

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Primary psychopaths are also often callous, controlling, arrogant, and have a strong tendency toward reactive and instrumental aggression (Blair, 2010). These are forms of aggression that reflect callous planned harmful actions (instrumental) and impulsive, unplanned harmful actions (reactive).

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Do Psychopaths Have Emotions? - Neuroinstincts | Dr. Rhonda FreemanYou are very quick to find escape clauses, do me a favour, do some reading and try to answer the question without an I believe... start to the sentence.