RE: What is 'objective' value?
January 11, 2016 at 7:10 pm
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2016 at 7:24 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(January 11, 2016 at 6:49 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: How/why? Because that is how God made Joe. It is part of his inherent nature because God made it that way.
That is why I fully understand why an atheist wouldn't believe in the objective value of life. In fact, I'd be perplexed if any of you said you did.
Oh, IDK Cath..if you think that god can assign an objective value...then you've explicitly conceded that objective value can be assigned to us. An atheist can believe that -anything- other than a god assigned that value....without any conflict with atheism (or even your own statements). It's not so difficult a proposition when the field is as wide as "anything other than a god"...that encompasses a hell of alot of stuff, real and imagined, eh?
I assigned my value, my socks assigned my value, that toaster in my kitchen assigned my value. None of these is any sillier than the idea of god assigning that value...and one of them is far -less silly-...specifically in that I demonstrably exist, and demonstrably do assign value to my life. Socks and toasters are one step down..they exist, but I;m not sure how they assign value.....and god is lower still, neither demonstrably existing, nor demonstrably assigning values..objective or otherwise.
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