RE: The Immorality of God - Slavery in the Old Testament
January 24, 2016 at 11:06 am
(This post was last modified: January 24, 2016 at 11:08 am by robvalue.)
Sure, it's not silly to have an opinion, because morality is an opinion. You can only say something is bad if you define bad to mean what you think is bad, it's circular. It's your opinion, by definition.
If no two people could agree on any goals to morality, we wouldn't see societal norms. But we do agree, on the whole, so the possible anarchy is moot.
You could say slavery is objectively harmful to human wellbeing, but just "objectively immoral" doesn't mean anything until you say what immoral means. If it just means "doing what God says", then in fact it is totally moral.
If no two people could agree on any goals to morality, we wouldn't see societal norms. But we do agree, on the whole, so the possible anarchy is moot.
You could say slavery is objectively harmful to human wellbeing, but just "objectively immoral" doesn't mean anything until you say what immoral means. If it just means "doing what God says", then in fact it is totally moral.
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