RE: My views on objective morality
March 25, 2016 at 2:36 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2016 at 2:37 pm by robvalue.)
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[In my opinion...]
When someone says, "My morality comes from God", technically they are correct. God is themselves, or an idealised version of themself. So their morality comes from themself.
This explains the disconnect where some people say, "God would never ask me to [do something horrible]". No he wouldn't, because God is them. They wouldn't ask themselves to do it. It also explains how God can agree with everyone, while they disagree with each other, about morality.
For those who say that they would refuse to do what God says if they can conceive of the situation, this is where they identify that this "God" would no longer be them, and so they're not interested in what it has to say.
The moment a theist realises that they are God is probably the moment the spell will be broken.
[In my opinion...]
When someone says, "My morality comes from God", technically they are correct. God is themselves, or an idealised version of themself. So their morality comes from themself.
This explains the disconnect where some people say, "God would never ask me to [do something horrible]". No he wouldn't, because God is them. They wouldn't ask themselves to do it. It also explains how God can agree with everyone, while they disagree with each other, about morality.
For those who say that they would refuse to do what God says if they can conceive of the situation, this is where they identify that this "God" would no longer be them, and so they're not interested in what it has to say.
The moment a theist realises that they are God is probably the moment the spell will be broken.
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