• the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    First, people doing wrong punish themselves in the act. Those acts are toxic to the soul. God barely needs to lift a finger there. Second, what would you rather have happen: people get punished for doing wrong, or not? If the first, you need free choice; if the second, then you either have slavery or no justice at all.

    There is artistic freedom, but the fact remains that there are moral rights and wrongs. Simply because I can imagine something doesn’t mean it’s possible, you only need to look at the Penrose stairs to know this. Not even God can do logically impossible things, like making square circles.

    God is the only sensible explanation of the creation of the universe and morality. Without him, nothing makes sense at all.

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      21 days ago

      That’s the best part, you don’t need to explain the creation of the universe. It doesn’t need to make sense; we’re here regardless.

      Morality is pretty self-evident and emerges from basic empathy. That’s one of the most worrisome things about religious people IMO, believing morality is imposed rather than inherent makes them come off as wanting to do a bunch of heinous things were it not for the idea of hell.