Absolutely DP, amongst all the arguments for a god, the moral ones really is laughably bad. Caught on the horns of the euthyphro dilemma the case is put forward that morality itself is grounded in gods nature, and no-one knows what that means nor can explain it. But it only moves the problem back one stage:
Did god decide to ground what was good and bad in his nature and thus morality is arbitrary, or is god grounding in his nature things which are already good and bad and thus god is not needed? Of course god grounding morality in his nature may come from him having already ground it in his grounding etc etc etc. Until someone can explain this facet of god instead of merely asserting it, it is utterly meaningless.
Did god decide to ground what was good and bad in his nature and thus morality is arbitrary, or is god grounding in his nature things which are already good and bad and thus god is not needed? Of course god grounding morality in his nature may come from him having already ground it in his grounding etc etc etc. Until someone can explain this facet of god instead of merely asserting it, it is utterly meaningless.
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.
