RE: The simple truth
February 21, 2014 at 3:19 am
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2014 at 3:20 am by Ryantology.)
(February 20, 2014 at 3:41 pm)The Good News Wrote: When atheists try to tell a Christian that he is doing something wrong or unloving my only response can be, from where do you get your morals and will there be any major repercussions if one doesn't follow your morals? And I'm not speaking of crimes, I'm talking about such things as hatred or pride. Can an atheist really argue that these things are wrong? I believe it is foolish for an atheist if he attempts to do so.
The only external consequences for any wrong actions come from other people. Internal consequences depend on the strength of your conscience. Christians apparently need God as a substitute for their lack of one.
It would be weird to argue that pride or hatred are wrong, because there are circumstances in which neither is.
What you don't get is that you know the idea of objective morals is a lie. If you didn't, you would hold your god accountable for all of the instances in which he violated his own code of laws. You won't do that because you think the law doesn't apply to God.
Guess what that is? Moral relativism. And, a much more crass variety than our own.
