(January 30, 2018 at 7:01 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(January 30, 2018 at 4:36 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I mean, if he is atheist then of course he's not going to know it comes from a higher power. He doesn't think one exists in the first place.
Without knowing it comes from God, the person nonetheless recognizes that it is good. And can't something be said if they embrace it and choose to live by it?
What you are describing, CL, is an empty set. No atheist I know recognizes any kind of transcendent Good and thus there is nothing for them to embrace.
She didn’t say, “transcendent” though. She said, “good”.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.