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carte | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 JBP - God is whatever you put in the highest place. It's what you serve if you do good.

This is meant definitonally.  It's a metaphysical worldview centered around good and evil.  Two things that certainly exist.

Rejecting the metaphysics of good and evil is obviously possible, but consider the outcome before casually dispensing with a judeo-christian God.
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Wulfgang | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 don't be silly: good and evil are behaviours of people, nothing more; no need to get metaphysical
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carte | 7 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 No, that would imply that intention is what makes an action good or evil.

Metaphysics is what it's all about my friend.

The structure of reality can be described in different ways and still be coherent and true.  Nothing is more juvenile to someone who sees the world through a particular lens (or metaphysical understanding) than someone telling them they can't see the truth.