The TPM "God Game" is such a stupid program!

[pyesetz]

PZ Myers brought to my attention a page on the web called Battleground God.  I won the game, but it didn't make me feel good.

1. God Exists.
Easy: Don't Know is the only legitimate answer.  You can have faith that He exists, or you can be certain that not believing in Him is your best move as a citizen of modern society-but neither of these proves

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[xolo]

The serial rapist Peter Sutcliffe had a firm, inner conviction that God wanted him to rape and murder prostitutes. He was, therefore, justified in believing that he was carrying out God's will in undertaking these actions.

I can't see 'no' being a valid answer. They're not asking about his actions, but rather whether his beliefs are justified in the context of his beliefs. It's pretty much a tautology.

[pyesetz]

It's related to questions 7 and 17: is it acceptable to justify your morality via internal tautologies?  Apparently a lot of theists defend their positions with variations on that theme.  If you accept 7 and 17 because they are popular but you reject 15 because it's unpopular, you lose due to philosophical inconsistency.  If you accept 15 to be consistent, you lose because your position (defending a rapist) is so unpopular that no one will listen to you.  It's a "gotcha" question.