My views on objective morality

[bennyboy]

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This thread was never meant to be a "Here, let me prove something to you guys" type thread. That's not how I operate, not what I'm about, and not what I'm here for. And the people who have followed me on here for the past 8 months that I've been a member, know that. This is only the second thread I've started on this forum where I present my views about something. The other one being my thread about Hell. Every other serious thread I've started on here has been to ask you guys about your views because I think it's interesting to discuss/share different view points. 

The subject of morality being objective has come up several times in the forum, and when I saw the video, I thought the man explained my own position pretty well... and so I posted it. It also helps explain part of the reason why I believe in God, and people are always asking me that, so I thought it would be appropriate to share the video.     

I did not know that posting this in the philosophy section was supposed to mean I was putting forth an argument to be debated, and for that I apologize. I don't have much experience in the philosophy section and was not aware of what the standards here were. The reason I did post it here was because the topic of morality is a philosophical topic to begin with, and the man in the video I posted is a philosophy professor and was speaking as such. Other than that, I really didn't think that much into it and like I said, it never crossed my mind that the philosophy section was specifically meant to be for debates and not appropriate for simply sharing our thoughts about a philosophical topic.

Nonetheless, I think doing it was stupid of me, regardless of if it was in the philosophy section or not. Rest assured I will never start another thread where I present my views about something, either on this section, or any other. Because it seems people would expect me to debate or show concrete "proof" of why I believe as I do, rather than just have friendly conversation with exchange of ideas... and that's not what I'm here for.       

As for "abandoning this thread," I honestly did not mean to do so. Well, except the first time when I was being accused of defending rape, but once that was blown over, I did not purposely abandon the thread. The last 2ish weeks have been very busy for me. I was fostering 3 baby kittens who needed to be bottle fed, were very sick for the majority of the time they were here, and generally needed constant attention and constant clean up. I was working extra hours to compensate for the time I'd be off while recovering from the surgery I was supposed to have this past Wednesday, and I was doing a lot to prepare for the surgery in the first place. I simply did not have the time or the energy to keep entertaining a thread that I felt had long run its course, as I felt the circles were getting repetitive and I was just addressing the same questions multiple times over. 

Anyway, I've learned a lot from this. Not about the topic itself, but about the nature of this place and some of the people here. I will take that all into account from here on out.

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My respect for you just went up about 10x. Most people wouldn't have come back with this.

That being said, let me say something that should be obvious: ANY time a Christian talks about morality, objective or otherwise, the discussion is going to turn to dying babies and rape. That's because when one makes examples, one picks those examples which best illustrate a point. If the point is that a supposedly good and all-powerful God doesn't exist, then what better point could one want to make than the existence of extreme evil?

I, for one, can 100% guarantee that if any theist tries to make the argument for 3-omni God, or an argument for divine morality or free-will, I will go straight to rape and dead babies every time. This is because, for me, those are really fantastic evidence that a good God cannot logically exist.