A CONSCIENCE OR MORAL SENSE Where did our conscience come from? Why do we all think some things are right and some are wrong? Every day, perhaps several times a day, we make decisions about right and wrong. Where did that moral sense come from? For centuries,...
Actress Mira Sorvino:"When you are a Christian, your law is laid out for you in codified form," the actress told GQ. "I find that extremely restrictive and impossible." NATURALISM “Naturalism,” the most popular type of atheism, says: “Moral values and duties don’t...
ATHEISTIC MORAL PLATONISM In the last blog we gave reasons to believe that objective moral values and duties actually do exist and are not an illusion. Now let’s address the second group of atheists who believe that objective moral values exist independently of any...
Angelina Jolie:"There doesn't need to be a God for me. There's something in people that's spiritual, that's godlike." MORAL RELATIVISM “Moral relativism” is a type of atheism that says:“Morals exist, but they’re entirely subjective (can vary by culture and by...
SOCIO-BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION “Socio-biological evolution” is not a different perspective on morality because it’s actually an extension of naturalism. Rather, it’s a tool that atheists frequently use to argue against premise 2 of the moral argument for God, which says,...
GOD EXISTS The moral argument says:1. If God does not exist, objective moral values and duties do not exist.2. Objective moral values and duties exist.Conclusion: Therefore, God exists. In our previous blog posts on the moral argument, we believe we've adequately...