From that paradigm how is it possible for anyone of faith to engage in a meaningful, good faith discussion?
And from that seed of thought how could one not feel that you would then say that anyone who follows the teachings of Christ is also not evil?
And then, the $64,000 question, what do you choose to say, feel, do, and pay for so that your belief that "Jehovah is evil" will be supported and furthered?
Naturally, it is your right to believe whatever you want, but it is also the right of all others to disagree. You have a right to believe what you want, but you also have a responsibility to accept the beliefs of others in a spirit of tolerance and respect.
The Bible is filled with passages describing various people, ideas, and behavior as evil, wicked, or an abomination. Why are you so astonished when the people the main characters of the bible threaten with violence for stupid reasons don’t like the main characters?
Otherwise not evil people can worship evil characters out of foolishness and immorality. But not all immorality is at the level to categorize it as evil. Evil is a certain degree and kind of immorality. Everyone who loved Mao was not evil. Children loved Mao. They were ignorant and not old enough that their reasoning faculties had developed in any significant degree. It would be wrong to judge them as evil.
“ And then, the $64,000 question, what do you choose to say, feel, do, and pay for so that your belief that "Jehovah is evil" will be supported and furthered?”
Huh? I masturbate? I buy God Is Not Great? I comment on substack? I encourage Christians to denounce their religion?
“ You have a right to believe what you want, but you also have a responsibility to accept the beliefs of others in a spirit of tolerance and respect.”
I absolutely do not have any duty to “accept the beliefs of others in a spirit of tolerance and respect.” If “intolerance” and “disrespect” means simply expressing my contempt for a belief or ridiculing a belief, I have a right to do that. And others have a right to do that. Both morally and legally. We shouldn’t “respect” beliefs founded on irrational faith and the delusions of perverse souls. Let me be explicit: I disrespect your belief that people have a responsibility to respect all beliefs and I feel it is virtuous to disrespect some beliefs, including the one you just expressed. You should honor the previous sentence I wrote.
There is something in the US called the first amendment, which wonderfully establishes a legal right to express as much contempt and disdain a person wishes toward an idea. Some ideas are worthy of a lot of contempt. For example: the idea that humanity is so sinful it needed a crazy deity to murder its child, who is somehow itself, as a sacrifice for that sin so that same god doesn’t torture humanity due to that deities wrath for aeons is worthy of lots of contempt. And laughter.
"Jehovah is an evil character"
From that paradigm how is it possible for anyone of faith to engage in a meaningful, good faith discussion?
And from that seed of thought how could one not feel that you would then say that anyone who follows the teachings of Christ is also not evil?
And then, the $64,000 question, what do you choose to say, feel, do, and pay for so that your belief that "Jehovah is evil" will be supported and furthered?
Naturally, it is your right to believe whatever you want, but it is also the right of all others to disagree. You have a right to believe what you want, but you also have a responsibility to accept the beliefs of others in a spirit of tolerance and respect.
Jeffrey peoples = troll
The Bible is filled with passages describing various people, ideas, and behavior as evil, wicked, or an abomination. Why are you so astonished when the people the main characters of the bible threaten with violence for stupid reasons don’t like the main characters?
Otherwise not evil people can worship evil characters out of foolishness and immorality. But not all immorality is at the level to categorize it as evil. Evil is a certain degree and kind of immorality. Everyone who loved Mao was not evil. Children loved Mao. They were ignorant and not old enough that their reasoning faculties had developed in any significant degree. It would be wrong to judge them as evil.
“ And then, the $64,000 question, what do you choose to say, feel, do, and pay for so that your belief that "Jehovah is evil" will be supported and furthered?”
Huh? I masturbate? I buy God Is Not Great? I comment on substack? I encourage Christians to denounce their religion?
“ You have a right to believe what you want, but you also have a responsibility to accept the beliefs of others in a spirit of tolerance and respect.”
I absolutely do not have any duty to “accept the beliefs of others in a spirit of tolerance and respect.” If “intolerance” and “disrespect” means simply expressing my contempt for a belief or ridiculing a belief, I have a right to do that. And others have a right to do that. Both morally and legally. We shouldn’t “respect” beliefs founded on irrational faith and the delusions of perverse souls. Let me be explicit: I disrespect your belief that people have a responsibility to respect all beliefs and I feel it is virtuous to disrespect some beliefs, including the one you just expressed. You should honor the previous sentence I wrote.
There is something in the US called the first amendment, which wonderfully establishes a legal right to express as much contempt and disdain a person wishes toward an idea. Some ideas are worthy of a lot of contempt. For example: the idea that humanity is so sinful it needed a crazy deity to murder its child, who is somehow itself, as a sacrifice for that sin so that same god doesn’t torture humanity due to that deities wrath for aeons is worthy of lots of contempt. And laughter.