(August 7, 2015 at 8:57 am)lkingpinl Wrote:(August 5, 2015 at 4:33 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: I say that if the conscience has no moral authority that presents a serious problem for anyone trying to defend their right to make any kind of moral judgement.
Chad, Yes! That is exactly the point! If there is no transcendent point of moral authority, then morals are completely relative then there is no "evil" and everyone loses their right to pass judgment on anything. They may have an opinion, but that cannot logically condemn it without assuming moral superiority.
Clarification please. Are you really agreeing with Chad and/or are you being a little facetious?
I can read this as saying, there is transcendence involved but it rests with God, not in us. Therefore, while we all are entitled to our opinion (and know what the moral import of an action would be if we did it), we can't any of us logically condemn another because the transcendence rests with God alone. In essence, if the person performing the act you find reprehensible isn't responding to God's inner guidance, why on earth would he respond to your's?
