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Old 09-25-2007, 12:20 PM
MiloMinderbinder MiloMinderbinder is offline
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Default Re: What an atheist is, for Splendour

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Do you think God has more authority than the laws of today?

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If he exists, and if the Bible is his word, then he does not have more moral authority as he has proven to be of a dubious character and unworthy of worship based on his actions alone. And by dubious and unworthy, yes I am using my (God-given) brain to make those judgments which is the only faculty I am capable of using. Just because he may be more powerful does not grant him moral authority, if we define moral authority as that earned by our innate (evolved, whatever) sense of justice. I'm more powerful and intelligent than my dog, but this does not grant me the moral authority to burn my dog for eternity, ask it to kill its puppies in deference to me, or live its entire life dedicated to my worship.
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