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Author Topic:   Resolved: The Bible does NOT present an acceptable moral standard
crashfrog
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Message 35 of 40 (97194)
04-02-2004 4:45 PM
Reply to: Message 34 by Cold Foreign Object
04-02-2004 4:39 PM


You need to define "morality" and the source of the definition.
My definition of morality stipulates that the source of morality is not above morality. You can't be both moral and above your own morals.
So if God is moral, than whatever God does is moral only if it follows the laws God has set for everybody else. Ergo we're able to judge the morality of God according to the morals he has set.

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crashfrog
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Message 38 of 40 (97752)
04-04-2004 10:44 PM
Reply to: Message 36 by Cold Foreign Object
04-04-2004 6:39 PM


Then why did God purposefully create a written source (the Bible) that portrays Himself as immoral ?
Maybe the God in the Bible isn't the God that exists? Even if the Bible is of supernatural origin the only reason you have to believe it's the word of God and not some sinister devilment is the Bible's say-so.
Once again, IF God IS, then whatever He does is righteous
Repeating that isn't going to make it true. Just because God is the arbiter of morality doesn't make his every action moral. The act of making a moral code sets the code as a higher authority than God's will. Otherwise it's not a moral code, but an immoral one.

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