Comment by 🌻 hyol
What I want to know is:
What is the purpose of religion?
Is it a set of stories to help us be good?
If so, why do we need stories to be good?
Why should I be bothered by people with their silly rituals and untrue beliefs (yes, some people actually believe them, not everyone sees them as just metaphor) to try and make me fit their definition of good?
Why can't they try to reason me to their values instead?
2024-10-29 · 2 years ago
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🖥️ mrrobinhood5 · 2024-10-29 at 23:18:
Why do we have the need to believe in a higher power to explain the unknown? why can't we just be okay with not knowing?
🌲 Total_FLOSS [OP/mod] · 2024-10-30 at 17:05:
Discussion=moved to prior post from Sir Stack, timeline=intact. Please use thread as intended.
🌲 Total_FLOSS [OP/mod] · 2024-10-30 at 17:14:
How to defend:
- Free will is for some reason SO essential that God must allow evil to preserve it
- God regularly overrides free will to save certain individuals
- Moral choices through free will are necessary for salvation
- Some people are saved without making any moral choices
(reddit thread "DebateAnAtheist")
Do I have to thank a god and his son to be happy in life?
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