RE: Where do atheists get their morality from?
August 31, 2012 at 9:42 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2012 at 9:51 am by genkaus.)
(August 31, 2012 at 9:13 am)stephenmills1000 Wrote: Agreed. Do you think there is any possibility an answer may come along that isnt arbitrary? Do you think one exists now? (Genuine questions, not meant to be rhetorical)
Yes and partially.
(August 31, 2012 at 9:41 am)stephenmills1000 Wrote: Morals do not have objectives, they only prescribe what ought to be, so it is incorrect to anthropormorphisize them like this. Only beings can have 'objectives.'
Prescription of what ought to be is what is known as having an objective.
(August 31, 2012 at 9:41 am)stephenmills1000 Wrote: At any rate, my morals are based on God’s revelation in Scripture. I have good reason to believe that Scripture is a revelation from God, that God’s commands to us supply our moral duties. Moral duties are rooted in the divine commands; values are rooted in God’s nature, therefore objective because they are rooted in God’s commands and nature.
If they are rooted in anyone's command or nature, then they are dependent upon that entity and therefore are not objective.
