Even if objective moral standards existed, they couldn't possibly be dictated by a god.
If the standards exist as they do simply because God says so, then the rules are arbitrary, and right and wrong is merely determined by command; following commands isn't morality.
If the standards exist objectively and god must hold and enforce those standards, then they are greater than he is, and he is not their source.
Either way, the Objective Rules model and the Divine Command model are logically incompatible.
If the standards exist as they do simply because God says so, then the rules are arbitrary, and right and wrong is merely determined by command; following commands isn't morality.
If the standards exist objectively and god must hold and enforce those standards, then they are greater than he is, and he is not their source.
Either way, the Objective Rules model and the Divine Command model are logically incompatible.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
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"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com