Thalassa
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How exactly is god the value? Can you elaborate a little?
See, for me, as someone who appreciates Taoism...I can see "the creative force" being the value because in more sensible, practical religions that don't invent human faces for the life force and equate goodness with what is natural and living, and accept that what can be used for good can also be bad, pending on perspective and consequence. In that sense, I can say "yes, what promotes the life force is moral. Yes, that's the value."
But when you have a religion which gives the life force a personality separate from nature (i.e. "supernatural") and judging humans, and rules that distinguish good from bad in a more black and white manner that has nothing do with reality (for example, um, lying isn't always bad, stealing isn't always bad, killing isn't always bad, if your father rapes you or beats you it might not be such a good idea to "honor" him, et al) ...I can't see how someone can say that. God is the whole point, really? Something completely detached from A) natural earth and human life and B) contextual reason...is the value? Why? How? Can we please make it stop?