JJViper :
In 1 Samuel 15:3 God says to King Saul: "Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys". This creates two problems, if whatever god commands is good, you must recognise the slaughter of innocent non combatants as a good thing, or if you believe god commands something as it is good, that means your God who loves all, commanded a mass genocide on innocent lives, and did a bad thing, it also means that there is an independent right and wrong outside of God. To your point about the Nuremberg trials, the way laws are made is by looking at net positives and negatives, the reason we can condemn the Nazis is because we can look at the holocaust and see a net negative impact on human lives, I do not believe in God but respect anyone who does, I am not trying to make anyone lose their faith I am just bringing up points you have to consider when you create debates such as these
2026-08-30 02:03:27