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Cartoonist

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4. Who said God's laws were just?

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Mon Sep 16, 2019, 10:01 AM

Sep 2019

Worship me!
Don't eat shellfish.
Worship me!
Don't eat meat on Friday.
Cut your dickskin off.
Worship me!
Do not kill!
Kill everyone who doesn't worship me.

Social laws are universal and preceded the imaginary being called God. For people to live together, the ills of murder, theft, violence, dishonesty, and greed, among others, need to be treated.

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If God went away, would his laws still be just? [View all] DetlefK Sep 2019 OP

"When God is not around" makes no sense. Croney Sep 2019 #1

What if God was one of us? qazplm135 Sep 2019 #3

replace 'not around' with 'doesn't exist and never did'. Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #13

That question Newest Reality Sep 2019 #2

Who said God's laws were just? Cartoonist Sep 2019 #4

And you may be the most righteous person in the world, but SCantiGOP Sep 2019 #8

If the laws are just without God TlalocW Sep 2019 #5

Laws, regardless of origin, are a means of control Major Nikon Sep 2019 #7

Are you aware that your two? arguments contradict themselves? guillaumeb Sep 2019 #18

... Major Nikon Sep 2019 #6

The 'Laws' were never god's in the first place... NeoGreen Sep 2019 #9

There is a place/dimension called the world of the Source. The Source never leaves its Karadeniz Sep 2019 #10

Even harder to believe Cartoonist Sep 2019 #11

"A soul can approach according to its composition (energy, frequency) and no closer." Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #12

This should to be good. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #15

Yes, very hard to believe edhopper Sep 2019 #14

At least the dogs have very good reasons to believe in Dave. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2019 #16

Good Two-Legs Who Feeds. Iggo Sep 2019 #19

Do you only obey the law when you are being observed? eom guillaumeb Sep 2019 #17

It's not a simple binary condition... NeoGreen Sep 2019 #20

It was a binary question. eom guillaumeb Sep 2019 #21

Yes it was, and just as... NeoGreen Sep 2019 #22