Inigo Wrote:One argument goes as follows (this argument does NOT establish that moral instructions are those of a god, but it gets us on the way):
1. Morality is composed (at least in part) of instructions and favourings
2. Only an agent - something minded, something capable of believing and desiring - can issue instructions or favour something
3. Morality is composed of the instructions and favourings of an agent (or agents)
Premise 1 is non-negotiable. I'm just defining what I'm talking about. If you mean something else by morality - if you are talking about something that doesn't instruct or favour - then you're just not talking about what I am talking about.
Hah, I love it! Try this one for size:
1. The universe goes through motions according to the big crunch theory.
2. Something eternal doesn't require a creator.
3. The universe wasn't created by an agent.
Premise 1 is non-negotiable. I'm just defining what I'm talking about. If you mean something else by "the universe" - if you are talking about something that doesn't follow the pattern of the big crunch - then you're just not talking about what I am talking about.
Inverse No True Scotsman. I like it. You should copyright that one. And you're also begging the question at (1), but since it's "non-negotiable" then, by god, you've got a solid proof for your wacky moral theory!
No but seriously, your posts are awfully fallacious.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
