Can objective morality exist in Atheism?

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Did I say there were only 10 Mosaic laws?

Mea culpa,you did not. I obviously made an unwarranted assumption. Probably because Christians demonstrably do not in fact follow much of Mosaic law at all and [for Christians] a common interpretation of the term 'Mosaic Law' is The Ten Commandments.

I have no idea what you mean by morality coming from the hearts of men. Do you perhaps mean that men [or at least Christian men] are essentially good? A not uncommon belief,but one which is unprovable and unfalsifiable.

My observation is that morality is pragmatic, not derived from any transcendent moral authority.


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The 613 Mitzvot (Hebrew: תרי"ג מצוות‎: Taryag Mitzvot, "613 commandments") are statements and principles of law and ethics contained in the Torah or Five Books of Moses. These principles of Biblical law are sometimes called commandments (mitzvot) or collectively as the "Law of Moses" (Torat Moshe, תורת משה), "Mosaic Law", or simply "the Law" (though these terms are ambiguous and also applied to the Torah itself)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/613_Mitzvot

Depending on context and in widening order, Mosaic law may refer to the observance of:

* The Ten Commandments, basis for the 613 Commandments
* The 613 Commandments (613 Mitzvot), basis for the Biblical law
* The Biblical law, the legal aspects of the Torah
* The Torah, the founding texts of Judaism, first part of the Tanakh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_law