Does Religion Make People Moral?
December 2nd, 2017 at 5:41:55 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 | Saying all morality comes from some god you can't prove exists is like saying all fried chicken comes from Col Sanders. And I can prove HE existed, so I have a head start on that.. lol If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 2nd, 2017 at 5:54:23 PM permalink | |
petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 |
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December 2nd, 2017 at 5:55:26 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
It's a little more complicated than that. First I would think you would agree that all fried chicken comes from somewhere other than yourself. Then you can see that there are a lot of stores all presenting the same thing, fried chicken, but with slightly different flavors. Then we return to the question of where this chicken first came from? It is not from you, nor is it from any one person; be it Col. Sanders, Popeye, or Royal Farms. There is something that predates both the chicken and the egg, which gives us a universal notion of how to cook fried chicken and how to do it right. It is immediately obvious to any and all of us when it is done wrong, it tastes awful and makes us sick. So it clear that this is a universal truth grounded in something beyond us and that we can't change the recipe no matter how hard we try. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
December 2nd, 2017 at 5:58:14 PM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 | petro, you should probably start another thread with this, it is only a distraction here. We could also look at ancient Israel and they too were attacked many times. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
December 2nd, 2017 at 8:46:36 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
Yeah, it was a joke about the the provable reality of god and Col Sanders, not a question about where chicken came from. Point being I have 14 different kinds of proof there was an actual Col Sanders and you have zero proof there is now or ever was a god. Never mind. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 3rd, 2017 at 6:07:30 AM permalink | |
pew Member since: Jan 8, 2013 Threads: 4 Posts: 1232 | "To this day there are people using Christianity to justify racial dominance and slavery." Could you please elaborate? |
December 3rd, 2017 at 7:23:53 AM permalink | |
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596 |
It was a workable analogy and I think showed that you weren't really thinking through the idea. You just wanted to make a dig or some witty point. Why don't you give a few of the different kinds of proof you have for Col Sanders existence in another thread and I will use those same kinds of proof to show you that God exists. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” ( |
December 3rd, 2017 at 10:50:54 AM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25010 |
You want me to post pics of Sanders, his birth certificate, and commercials of him on TV, so you can produce similar evidence for god? What a waste of time that would be on my part. Quit being silly.. We've already seen your evidence, you have none. Nobody does or there would be no atheists. We all believe in gravity because it's provable. God is just a theory, wishful thinking. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
December 3rd, 2017 at 11:23:23 AM permalink | |
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | I suspect Colonel Sanders was really only a second lieutenant. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
December 3rd, 2017 at 11:38:07 AM permalink | |
Dalex64 Member since: Mar 8, 2014 Threads: 3 Posts: 3687 |
Like how Cap'n Crunch is only a Commander? "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." Daniel Patrick Moynihan |