Eol Sha wrote:Albrenia wrote:To me, ethics and morality is about doing as little harm as possible, and as much good. Being kind, honest, loyal and truthful are all 'good', because they make the world less shitty for all of us.
Just because we live in an uncaring void which is for the most part horrifically dangerous to us doesn't mean we have to be arseholes. Much like forest fires, only we can prevent the world from being shit.
From my perspective, most religion's gods are actually actively evil. They punish the innocent for the crimes of the guilty, punish infinitely for finite crimes, kill or order killing based on thoughtcrime and (worst of all) allow every single evil thing which has ever happened to occur, while having the power to predict, perceive and stop said things.
To use your analogy, not all forest fires are bad. In fact, forest fires can be good way to refertilize the soil.
Their point still stands.