ou contradict yourself in the same paragraph. It's either God or it isn't.
There is no contradiction. If God gave us a moral law that doesn't mean he has to be the reason we don't do things that are wrong. He gave it to us so we could realize that we do make mistakes.
This just confirms the idea of a moral law. You don't do it because of religion or God, you do it because there is something inside you that allows you to know what the right or wrong thing to do is. You don't need a book to tell you that. That's already part of the moral law you have. And if we all have a moral law it must have been put there by something or someone, namely, God.
You have demonstrated to me that you're simply dishonest. Anyone who has the mental faculties to know how to type on a computer and yet cannot see the blatant contradiction ( bolded), is displaying purposeful ignorance. You are not being presented with a complex puzzle to solve here, where there might be technical disagreements and gray areas, your words are in direct conflict with each other and you claim they aren't. Simply spouting the words, "There is no contradiction.", doesn't make it true, and repeating it
ad infinitum won't either.
Is your god that important to you that you're prepared to compromise your personal integrity? How would you explain this behavior to a friend or family, and would it be acceptable to you if they lied in the same way to you? Just because you're anonymous on an internet forum, doesn't mean that your personal standards of civil behavior should take a back seat.
It's sad, theists come to this forum, ostensibly to engage in an open dialogue, and it's quite common for said theists to revert to the exact tactics that you have used.
1. Present a pleasant demeanor
2. Make baseless assertion.
3. Avoid defending baseless assertion.
4. Lie
5. Repeat 2 thru 4, until
6. Leave, and report how badly you've been treated on the atheist forum.
If, as you claim ( and strangely don't claim in the same paragraph! ) that God is responsible for doling out morals, perhaps you should squeeze your eyes a little tighter, pray a little louder and hope that he visits you soon.
Unless, in future posts, you demonstrate a greater level of honesty I will not entertain further discourse, because by your actions you make it impossible for reasoned discussion.
You and your ilk are exactly what the problem is with blind faithed religion, it makes liars out of you, and you praise each other as if it's a virtue.
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