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Moral Argument for God's Existence

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Moral Argument for God's Existence
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RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence
October 19, 2013 at 12:08 am
I think the WLC premise that God is required for an objective morality holds. True, you can say it's subjective for God, but that argument doesn't work. The cubic centimeter was arbitrarily made by others than me, but from my perspective, it still stands as an objective measure of volume. I can't sensibly redefine it. And if God is real and right, then you couldn't really sensibly redefine morality.

I think it is P2 that totally fails. I don't think there is any moral that is truly objective, EVEN IF there is some kind of Deity. What we have are instincts that we place in a bell curve and say, "normal, therefore objective." But some people probably think killing babies, or raping little boys, or stealing, are perfectly moral, due to a world view of twisted justifications.
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Moral Argument for God's Existence

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Moral Argument for God's Existence - by MindForgedManacle - October 17, 2013 at 10:18 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by FallentoReason - October 18, 2013 at 12:50 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 18, 2013 at 1:27 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by FallentoReason - October 18, 2013 at 1:44 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 18, 2013 at 2:54 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by max-greece - October 18, 2013 at 3:53 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 19, 2013 at 12:08 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 19, 2013 at 8:59 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 19, 2013 at 9:13 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 20, 2013 at 7:28 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Cato - October 19, 2013 at 12:27 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 20, 2013 at 8:37 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 21, 2013 at 3:54 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 21, 2013 at 9:54 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 22, 2013 at 8:52 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 22, 2013 at 12:01 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by Zazzy - October 22, 2013 at 1:06 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 22, 2013 at 9:03 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 22, 2013 at 11:48 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 23, 2013 at 11:25 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 24, 2013 at 7:23 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 24, 2013 at 6:42 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 24, 2013 at 7:21 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 24, 2013 at 8:38 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 24, 2013 at 8:53 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 24, 2013 at 8:59 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 24, 2013 at 9:34 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 24, 2013 at 10:41 pm
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 25, 2013 at 3:52 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 25, 2013 at 5:32 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 25, 2013 at 6:50 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by bennyboy - October 25, 2013 at 9:47 am
RE: Moral Argument for God's Existence - by genkaus - October 22, 2013 at 5:55 pm

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