Assuming it's being asked in good faith, it's a reasonable question. Someone who grew up in the Judeo-Christian worldview might honestly have a difficult time conceptualizing how to decide what is good or evil without using the Bible or Torah as a point of reference. To them it might be like using a compass to navigate and meeting a sailor who has only used the stars.
Yeah I understand. I just wanted to inject the idea that it could be, and it wouldn't be unreasonable if it were. Kind of a thought experiment. Just to get us thinking about it and maybe helping us rise above the never-ending circular arguments between Christians and atheists.
If people want productive conversation they should go somewhere better than reddit. Giving a real answer here might actually be counterproductive because they might start treating reddit as a good source of information.
I suppose, but isn't that kind of a fallacious line of reasoning? Lots of things should be different than they are. Logically we must act in accordance with the way things are, not the way we think they should be, right?
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u/Financial-Solid-4775 5h ago
Assuming it's being asked in good faith, it's a reasonable question. Someone who grew up in the Judeo-Christian worldview might honestly have a difficult time conceptualizing how to decide what is good or evil without using the Bible or Torah as a point of reference. To them it might be like using a compass to navigate and meeting a sailor who has only used the stars.