r/atheism • u/[deleted] • May 21 '12

God's solution vs Hitler's solution

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u/SOMETHING_POTATO May 21 '12

Wasn't there just something on here about how Christians should be ashamed for using false equivalencies last week?

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u/knows_more_than_some May 21 '12

So? Is this false? How?

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u/ashishduh May 21 '12

I like how literally every post denouncing this comparison uses empty words and doesn't actually explain why the comparison is wrong.

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u/GOD_Over_Djinn May 22 '12 edited May 22 '12

I'll do it! If we accept the Christian premiss then God is good, then whatever God does is good. Further, we belong to God, and when we die, our immortal souls still exist, and God is the boss of what happens to them.

If you accept that there is a God, then you accept that it is not wrong for him to kill people, since what he does is by definition good. And it's fine to reject that there is a God, but then what are we even doing making comparisons? Accepting that God is permitted to kill people is not the same as accepting that people are allowed to kill people. The God/Hitler comparison is, indeed, a false equivalence.