... . The undergraduate atheists, Ditchkins and their cohorts, would like to say that we don't get morality from spirituality because many of the things prescribed in the bible we consider immoral and that many people are atheist are more moral than those that believe in God. All that does is prove that we don't morality from the bible or a particular religious institution, it ...

... the conclusion that morality is arbitrary. Things aren't wrong because they are inherently wrong, but only because God says they are. Morality, according to this view, is not objective, but relative to whatever God says it ... 39;s called "Blogging Toward Truth." In it, I make the case that morality is subjective and explain why forums such as this are essential to the pursuit of truth.)

... of life, understandably partial to our own welfare, while morality stands aloof, taking the impartial, or "God's eye," view, ... 's group-selection argument as a general explanation for morality within an evolutionary framework. It is because of our capacity for self-impeachment and remorse that Aristotle ...

... section. It is taking some time so in the mean time I am putting up an old article. This is one of the first God arguments I drew up on my list. It has never been on the blog before. no 22 on the, the classic version ... of Humanity and what this means on the Gospel page. Without the notion of God a merely genetic morality reduces to behavioral urges and becomes relative and discard able. Yet the ...

... if I have missed something. As such, please enlighten me if I am simply making an explanation of morality that has already been covered by someone else. I want to start with a few premises and definitions: Definitions value: ... systems can result in the strangest displays of morality. Every theistic individual has their own perceived reputation with God that is valued above all other things. By ...

... mindless, amoral process called evolution, how seriously should rational thinking beings take them?) "Morality is just built into us to survive and reproduce". Apply the same to belief ... human beings "special", or "different" (who do we think we are!) Being created in the image of God makes sense of this; being the product of an indifferent, amoral process, in which ...

... arguments not only against the existence of God but affirmatively for an affirmation in atheism, tackling such subjects as "is religion the source of morality?" and "is ... of the non-existence of supernatural forces, and since convincing religious people that there is no God is neither high nor frankly anywhere on my agenda, the discussion along those lines were interesting but little ...

... 14. From hence we may clearly perceive the wide difference there is between Christianity and morality. Indeed nothing can be more sure than that true Christianity cannot exist without both the inward experience and outward ... equally certain that all morality, all the justice, mercy, and truth which can possibly exist without Christianity, profiteth nothing at all, is of no value in the sight of God ...

... who says there is | Marvin Olasky Interesting article about the question can you have morality without God. Following are the conclusions Olasky makes in this article from World Magazine. This is ... do not lean on your own understanding." Those are deadly words to those who assert that they have no need of God. Those are words of life to those who have learned differently. 4. "If God is ...

... is that the moral impulse evolved in humans over many years. Or they'll say that morality rises out of empathy. But these are little more than dodgy just-so stories that take what is—people have a sense ... it is right?" The answer is "none of the above." Morality is rooted in God's nature. He did not just make it up or get it from somewhere else. The good is what comports ...