Yes, that does justify respect, but not them simply creating you as you initially suggested.
No.
To be honest, I don't know why I live.
But religion didn't fill that void.
But what the Christian god says is believe in him - or suffer eternal damnation.
I don't see much of a...
That pretty much sums up my view.
People also call self-ownership a natural right.
I just leave it at self-ownership and nothing more.
When you're alive, you control your body, so you say what goes.
When you're dead, you don't.
That isn't a satisfying answer, though.
Predestination would still uproot free will.
When god created us, he knew everything that was going to happen.
Everything we do, in the context of our free will, should work towards what he knew was going to happen.
So free will would be an...
Speculation about the nature of god, and what it would mean for us.
Regret is remorse over your actions. It's futile to regret something that you had no say in.
You aren't indebted to anyone for simply being alive.
Even so, wouldn't the act of living alone be an insufficient way to express...
Why should I be simply grateful for coming into being, when I had no choice in it?
I didn't choose to be born to him, it just happened.
This kind of arbitrary respect is just as foolish as nationalism.
I believe that respect is earned to an absolute extent.
You should respect your...
If free will exists, then the proposed god isn't truly omnipotent.
If it doesn't, then god really is omnipotent. What this would implicate is that not only did god destine me to disbelieve - but he will punish me for it!