(November 22, 2018 at 4:45 pm)tackattack Wrote:(November 21, 2018 at 2:42 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote:OK agreed that a person or society can align itself with an objective morality
Quote:I think..that you're thinking sloppily, not that you're not thinking at all. More importantly, I can (and have) shown that to be the case.Ok duely noted. My thinking is probably sloppy and loose because this is just a discussion, you probably have proven that sufficiently but the point is moot because it doesn't speak to the argument, which we apparently agree on
Quote:K I see your point. What makes Objective morality objective is having mind independent facts of a moral matter, not is particular characteristics or location, n'est-ce pas? This part I could probably agree with as a qualifier if you list some societal mind independent facts of a moral matter that make a societal morality objective with respect to a subjective morality.
Quote:k so we agree there could be an objective morality, but it's not necessary. We already have an objective morality to personal morality. That it would be nice if whatever objective morality we use is were consistently proven moral and were communicated clearly and rigorously enough that it stood the test of time and misinterpretation. Is there common ground there at least?
(November 21, 2018 at 3:07 pm)wyzas Wrote: OK, well that's a different take on what I normally hear. And I hear theists talking and quoting a lot of biblical absurdities, which if I understand them right, are used as the word(s) and deed(s) of god. For instance, I hear that it can make pigs suicidally insane and have bears kill children.Yes Min and wyzas, then if you define omnipotent as simply all-powerful or able to create anything then God is not all powerful, I definitely concede that. I appreciate the concern for me painting myself in a corner. I do not believe God is absolutely omnipotent to create or do anything that can be expressed in a string of words even if it's illogical. I believe God can do anything that is possible according to His nature within our universe.
I really don't care if you believe, I live in a world of very diverse god(s) believers. I hear contradictory things from different believers on a routine basis. I'd think that the holy spirit and the bible would be communicating the same messages, after all, it is a god.
Maybe you can understand why I find so little validity in the belief itself (and the consequential justifications that get attached), and find more validity in the people, with or without a god influence.
Edit: When you get time I'd like to hear about your experimental observations and any subsequent conclusions.
Here's a thought experiment: Close your eyes ad envision a blank page with which to create your drawing. Now I'm going to tell you what to draw and you tell me how it's drawn. I want you to draw a triangular circle. It's logically impossible.
God can create a pig AND a horse, can turn a pig INTO a horse, but can't make a horse that IS a pig, because it would then be a pig.
To your other point, I can see lots of reasons why atheists find very little believability in religious belief. It's confusing as hell, even if we start of with just the sheer variety of opinions and options. I think you should base your validity in something you don't perceive by vetting the principles and people.
I mean I look at it this way. If there were a small isolated tribe of color blind pigmies and they all looked at a big red fire engine they wouldn't believe their definition of Red were any different than a non-color blind pigmy from a neighboring tribe. You'd be hard pressed to get them to believe that their red isn't really red without an outside perspective. As far as my personal experiencesand testimony, that can be for another time and thread, or maybe even PM out of the respect of this being an atheist forum and the recent turmoil. No need to jump right into I believe in fairy tales for X, Y and Z... too soon
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God being "all powerful" is not our claim, it is yours.
We simply look at the parameters the theists claim, and respond to that bad logic.
Just like it would make no sense to assign the cause of lightening to Thor.