(March 20, 2017 at 12:15 am)TheAtheologian Wrote:(March 19, 2017 at 3:44 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Because then morality would be something real that was actually created and actually exists in the universe, outside of ourselves and our own opinions. Meaning it's not just a human construct.Four questions:
In Catholicism, we call objective morality "Natural Law." With God being the Law Maker.
1. Why can't a human being as opposed to a supernatural being make morality objective? It seems reasonable to assume that if a supernatural being makes morality objective, than also a human being.
2. Could natural law exist independent of God?
3. If natural law requires a foundation (God being the foundation here), then shouldn't God require a foundation as well?
4. If God doesn't require a foundation, then why can't natural law be independent of any foundation as well?
That's the beauty of having an undefined being who exists in a reality with undefined rules. You can't put limitations on them because we only know the rules of our existence, which don't apply. So trying to use our logic and understanding of our world to try and define a completely different reality, that by existing at all would already be breaking a bunch of rules, doesn't really make sense.
It's sort of like critiquing superhero movie physics. Hey, if superman caught someone from a fall of 1000 feet, they'd snap their spines! But we've already got Superman breaking the laws of physics, so using the laws of physics to say what should happen when Superman is involved doesn't make a ton of sense.
The real riddle, is Why would they think that? Why would someone think this undefined being has made a set of moral laws that exist in a way that can't as we understand reality? Seems improbable.
