The Christian God's Priorities; as alleged by Christians.
"Hi James! You said, "But I think it still ends up mattering, because if even 1 factually untrue claim can make its way in, then a "God" hasn't bothered to protect it. So then any % of factually untrue statement could be in there."
But this starts with the assumption that God had the goal of protecting it and keeping it 100% factually true. I have good reason to believe that isn't God's highest concern. Thanks!"
- @Bread of Life
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I don't know of anyone
who thinks that should be any "God's" highest concern.
So that's not really an issue.
But it's certainly not:
casually optional;
not when it's being alleged that:
my and my kid's eternal fate hangs in the balance.
In that case, it's anti-moral
to:
fail to impress;
within the limits of a Being's ability to impress.
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When I was a kid, I got counseled about "half jobs".
If I had a task that I was sloppy about, it showed either I didn't think the task was important, or I didn't have a strong work ethic.
A literally unlimited being
would exert the same 0% drain on his energy
by doing a perfect job
compared to doing a lazy or uncareful job.
We shouldn't *demand* of a Super-Being to worry about such things.
But we should expect them to.
And so,
if someone draws our attention to some sloppy workmanship, ...
it's a reasonable conclusion to think "A perfect being who wants to be known as a perfect being ... did not do ... the thing being pointed to".
Meanwhile, ...
There is nothing inside of a bible
that could have only come from an unlimited Super-Being.
Every accurate fact
was a fact known by people outside of their religion; and was well within the reach of humans to glean without help from above.
Every wise piece of advice
was well within human capacity to figure out on their own, and was previously said by someone who wasn't in their religion.
Every prediction made
was either:
* an easily anticipated event,
or
* was so vague and cryptic it was essentially a horoscope,
or
* they got it wrong (yes. sometimes they got it wrong),
or
* was dishonestly written during and after they events they "predicted".
Every moral opinion
was said by someone else first
who wasn't in their religion.
Every moral opinion
we now realize was monstrous
seemed completely legit to them;
because it was the local cultural norm,
and
because no "God" was around to clue them in.
Every moral opinion
which stood the test of time,
(as human ethics and social-scientific understanding grew)
was previously said by someone who wasn't in their religion.
- And is something that cognitive scientists can rationally explain;
as an idea which developed naturally.
Every ideal which atheists are known for rebuking as "bad",
is something most Christians actually agree with atheists about ... in all *other* domains of life. Christians just make moral exemptions for their lore's "God" and for their texts.
But when the entire definition of "good", and "just", and other key moral identifiers ...
are turned into:
nothing more meaningful than
a blanket appeal to authority, ...
such that any-and-everything their "God" does is:
"automatically good because it's our God saying, commanding, permitting, or going it",
then:
those words stop meaning anything at all.
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Christian flip-flop.
Although, mental health clinicians call it:
Flying Monkeys (aka "missionaries")
"gas lighting"
on behalf of a clinical Narcissist.
(or, in this case, an imaginary clinical Narcissist).
They know exactly what words like love, hate, justice, injustice, mercy, etc.. mean in real life.
- But not when they start making excuses for their lore's conceptualization of "God".
That's when Christians can't remember what those words mean in the real world, and can't even remember why any of it matters.
Or they'll re-invent meanings
which ... still don't appear in any dictionary.
It's very ... Orwellian.
Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery. Wisdom is foolishness. -Especially on Sundays.
Ignorance is strength. Freedom is slavery. Wisdom is foolishness. -Especially on Sundays.
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