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Originally Posted by Radical  It is an error to associate the belief of non-violence (or in fact any modern moralistic value) with a particular religious sect. Unless these churches adamantly profess their institution to be a work of fiction, then I see no utility - only confusion. |
I do not attempt to imply a cause-and-effect relationship between belief in a personal god and belief in non-violence. However, I fail to see why believing in a personal god (even to the point of declaring existence of said god to be absolutely true) detracts from any religion's value, so long as the god of this religion does not advocate killing in his name.
Let's go back to the case of the suicidal man. However, let's modify the situation so that, instead of god sentencing the man to eternity in hell if he commits suicide, the god in this religion is said to profess his absolute faith in this man's worth, no matter what the circumstance. Would it not be better for this man to be absolutely sure in the existence of this god, rather than take the sceptic approach and disbelieve?