What if God was you

@ghost-of-a-duke said
You appear to have accidentally edited out this part of my post:

(FMF does, even if he only presents that to you rhetorically or at private soirées).

@fmf said
I am fully aware of the Christian perspective. But I don't see what's the benefit of you - of all people - regurgitating it here to Christians who already know what the Christian perspective is, especially when you don't subscribe to it.

@fmf said
What about it? You think it warrants a reply?

@FMF

Don't you think it odd/interesting that a Christian who believes Jesus died for the sins of mankind doesn't believe in altruistic acts?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
You have a tendency to edit out parts of my posts, even when they are short.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
@FMF

Don't you think it odd/interesting that a Christian who believes Jesus died for the sins of mankind doesn't believe in altruistic acts?

@fmf said
Yes, to be precise about it is I am responding to.

Do you think the silly bit of banter at the end of your post warranted a reply?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I think it is quite important for Christians like Dive to hear it, having said previously that he doesn't believe altruism exists.

@fmf said
I didn't agree with divegeester's take on altruism. But I understand his viewpoint. People ~ ordinary mortals ~ have egos that can benefit from altruistic acts. To my way of thinking, a genuinely or perfectly altruistic act is done in secret, where not even the beneficiary knows who the altruist is.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
I think it quite telling that your question to Dive about his incoherent beliefs was apparently rhetorical, while questions to other posters about their incoherent beliefs are anything but rhetorical. Why does Dive get a let off in this regards?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
When pushed on this point previously, Dive said even the atonement of Jesus Himself wasn't altruistic. - I forget his reasoning for this. - So it wasn't just ordinary mortals he was referring to.

@fmf said
divegeester doesn't believe altruism exists

He said that about Jesus's actions, did he?

@fmf said
I missed that.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
When pushed on this point previously, Dive said even the atonement of Jesus Himself wasn't altruistic. - I forget his reasoning for this. - So it wasn't just ordinary mortals he was referring to.

@fmf said
One could argue that a rhetorical question is more erudite than rehashing something in public that the two of us have been over many times. I don't see how he has been "let off" at all.