/lit/ - Literature

>>16289280
A rational atheist would also be forced to concede that a child born with a horrifying disease that died of starvation in a warzone is not an example of evil.

At least I think if one is committed to being rational and an atheist, one wouldn't make stupid claims that imply objective morality, imply that human nature (which is in reality only a minor modification of chimpanzee nature) is a unique exception to the amorality of the universe and that people are in any way bound to meet your moral expectations, or imply that an amoral, unthinking universe of chemicals and atoms, should constrain itself to not occasionally fuck up, and create deformities that nobody would dare print in even the darkest fiction.

In short, I'm not even sure if evil is mere rhetoric even in the context of religion, but you can fuck yourself if you think I'm going to let you get away with mere rhetoric and call it an argument.

>>15329854
"I can't not believe" and "I can't believe" are two sides of the same coin, all it means is that both atheists and Christians are made insecure by entertaining the beliefs of their opponents. Atheists are made uncomfortable by hellfire, Christians are made uncomfortable by a black-screen death. It doesn't mean anyone is more intelligent, or a greater mind, it just means that they are both dumb, have childish concerns, and probably haven't actually read the Bible anyhow. In short, you're a fucking flathead.

>>14884055
Weakness is fundamental to humanity; we sin, we get sick, and one day we die, and hence suffer the final weakness. At every stage of life, humanity is pitiable. And when we die, death feels like hell itself. If Nietzsche was a strong man, why couldn't he save himself from dying? This is why Nietzsche's philosophy is weak and silly; it takes moments of human excellence to be the norm, and despises the much more common experience of helplessness.

>>14823993
>Based on the cover, title, and knowing nothing else

>>5117240
Tolkien shows that people can be redeemed no matter how bad they fuck up, a very christian idea.
Martin's writing shows no intent of such at any point. Hell, I still have no idea what's the purpose to anything he does on ASOIAF other than hurr ppl sudnt honor u must haet Morales durr describ food.


In Martin's world, good people are stupid or delusional. They haven't been "red pilled".