(March 1, 2017 at 1:50 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Are they objective because they are the laws of the universe, or because a god made them? If they were still the laws of the universe, but did not originate with a god, would they then, also, be objective? Is that what you mean by defining objectivity in terms of the universe?
Yes, they are objective because they are the laws of the universe. Whether God made them or not isn't really relevant to us, so long as they are hard-and-set rules (like gravity or the speed of light). This would imply that there really is a soul, and that somehow our behaviors and thoughts really had a predictable effect on how the soul develops. I don't believe that to be the case, though.
