(January 27, 2015 at 12:14 am)Parkers Tan Wrote:(January 26, 2015 at 5:07 pm)Blackout Wrote: Then how do we answer the theist argument - If there are no objective or absolute moral standards then every individual's moral spectrum is equally valid, and therefore practices, actions and habits like murder, sex assault, violence, mutilation, torture...[the list goes on] should be perfectly acceptable and not censored in human societies.
[I'm sorry if the answer is obvious but I don't know how to refute this one]
"What makes you think a morality based on your faith is objective?"
Arguing from the POV of a theist - Since God exists, then moral values commanded by Him are undeniable and absolute - Therefore objective
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
