Hedonism?

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CaliforniaKid wrote:Wouldn't it be interesting if we found out that our God was an aborted fetus in mortality and he's actually no larger than my thumb? That would explain why he has such a still small voice.

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Mercury wrote:
The Nehor wrote:God is a hedonist.


Interesting. This would explain the Polygamy and vengefulness, at least in your world view.

(making blind assumptions)


God is a hedonist in regard to joy for us too.
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Gadianton wrote:Hedonism as "pleasure seeking" is how religion uses the term usually. But more generally, "hedonism" just means the true end of morality is happiness. So utilitarianism is also hedonism.



Anton Levey would have loved this. Gad should beware the philosophical company he keeps (hint: the key to this clever sophistry is the definition of the term "happiness").

At least this lets the cat out of the bag regarding what really lies at the heart of atheism and its lofty intellectual pretensions.
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The Nehor wrote:God is a hedonist.



Someone had better get out a dictionary before this nonsense goes any farther.
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Coggins7 wrote:
The Nehor wrote:God is a hedonist.



Someone had better get out a dictionary before this nonsense goes any farther.


Nah, I've considered this and believe it.
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The Nehor wrote:
Mercury wrote:
The Nehor wrote:God is a hedonist.


Interesting. This would explain the Polygamy and vengefulness, at least in your world view.

(making blind assumptions)


God is a hedonist in regard to joy for us too.


So why is god such a dick?
And crawling on the planet's face
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Coggins7 wrote:
The Nehor wrote:God is a hedonist.



Someone had better get out a dictionary before this nonsense goes any farther.


Shoo fly, SHOO!
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Mercury wrote:
The Nehor wrote:
Mercury wrote:
The Nehor wrote:God is a hedonist.


Interesting. This would explain the Polygamy and vengefulness, at least in your world view.

(making blind assumptions)


God is a hedonist in regard to joy for us too.


So why is god such a dick?


Wanting pleasure for all is evil now? Wow, you are messed up.
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics
"I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
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The Nehor wrote:
Mercury wrote:
The Nehor wrote:
Mercury wrote:
The Nehor wrote:God is a hedonist.


Interesting. This would explain the Polygamy and vengefulness, at least in your world view.

(making blind assumptions)


God is a hedonist in regard to joy for us too.


So why is god such a dick?


Wanting pleasure for all is evil now? Wow, you are messed up.


If God wants us to truly be happy why is he such a dick?
And crawling on the planet's face
Some insects called the human race
Lost in time
And lost in space...and meaning
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Mercury wrote:If God wants us to truly be happy why is he such a dick?


My theory is that since everyone first projects God as being in their own image..........
"Surely he knows that DCP, The Nehor, Lamanite, and other key apologists..." -Scratch clarifying my status in apologetics
"I admit it; I'm a petty, petty man." -Some Schmo
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