Why must a god create objective moral values? Can you demonstrate that he 'must'? You should look into the Euthyphro dilemma as well.
Shortly it's: Does something become moral just because God says so, or does God say something is moral because it's moral on it's own?
If it's the former, then it's simply might makes right, divine command theory, and there's nothing 'absolute' or 'objective' about it if God can change his mind on something (which I assume he has the ability to do, being a god).
If it's the latter, then we don't need a God to 'create' morality if things are moral independently of God.
Shortly it's: Does something become moral just because God says so, or does God say something is moral because it's moral on it's own?
If it's the former, then it's simply might makes right, divine command theory, and there's nothing 'absolute' or 'objective' about it if God can change his mind on something (which I assume he has the ability to do, being a god).
If it's the latter, then we don't need a God to 'create' morality if things are moral independently of God.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
