God & Objective Morals

[Ryantology]

Any social contract would serve as a binding code of conduct whether overtly or tacitly expressed. Establishment of such a code would come from some cultural/political process. Enforcement of the code of conduct would range from social pressure to criminal prosecution. Both establishment and enforcement depend on power and the willingness to use force. If you accept 'might makes right' as the ultimate basis of morality, then social contract theories make perfect sense.

The use of force to ensure order (after all, there will always be deviants) is not the same as dictating morality on the basis of having more power than other people. There is more than merely the force of law which prevents most people from doing bad things under the social contract system we (try to) employ. Force alone could never keep it going for long. This is, not even subtly, different from a system where morals are dictated from a single authority and said to be absolute, and you must follow the rules or be punished by that authority. That is the sort of system which makes it easy to commit atrocities, because it's easier: you only have to worry about offending one person, or that person's exclusive group. The feelings and desires of other people matter only if and when that authority says so, so when your God tells you to gear up and go ruthlessly slaughter your Canaanite neighbors, people thousands of years later will tell others that this is not wrong or immoral, because God's commands can never be immoral, no matter what they are.

I do not believe any moral system worthy of the name can have power and force as its foundation.

Then, it's time to drop your Christian morals.