Message from @Obungus

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2018-12-12 15:25:53 UTC  

if morals don't really exist then you can not possibly live by them

2018-12-12 15:26:46 UTC  

It's pretty easy to think off 2 lists with actions that are moral and not

2018-12-12 15:27:01 UTC  

Based on those lists we can assign morals

2018-12-12 15:27:13 UTC  

but if good and evil don't exist then it's all subjective

2018-12-12 15:27:23 UTC  

so you can live by your own standards

2018-12-12 15:27:32 UTC  

but it can't be defined as morality

2018-12-12 15:31:46 UTC  

Education gives most people, at least atheists an idea of what's good and bad

2018-12-12 15:33:33 UTC  

So based off that you could say that atheists can still believe in good and evil but reject the idea of god

2018-12-12 15:34:15 UTC  

but again, without something to make anything evil or good it isn't really morality. Just a subjective concept.

2018-12-12 15:35:08 UTC  

@Obungus but my point is that atheists actually do have something to make anything evil or good

2018-12-12 15:35:25 UTC  

but it isn't objective so it doesn't really matter all that much

2018-12-12 15:35:43 UTC  

So what's objective according to you

2018-12-12 15:37:01 UTC  

If this isn't objective "God's" morals would also be subjective

2018-12-12 15:37:34 UTC  

And again based on reason and science atheists can have morals

2018-12-12 15:38:32 UTC  

You can have a standard that doesn't change

2018-12-12 15:39:03 UTC  

but unless that thing undoubtedly defines good and evil it can not possibly be seen as an objective moral standard

2018-12-12 15:39:22 UTC  

God is an objective moral standard because He is unchanging and the definition of goodness

2018-12-12 15:39:50 UTC  

And where do God's morals come from

2018-12-12 15:40:05 UTC  

His natural attributes

2018-12-12 15:40:10 UTC  

Because he commands it?

2018-12-12 15:40:15 UTC  

no because He is it

2018-12-12 15:40:43 UTC  

His nature is what is good and seeing as God is immutable this means His morality is objective

2018-12-12 15:41:12 UTC  

And you have to listen to It

2018-12-12 15:41:42 UTC  

You don't *have* to

2018-12-12 15:41:51 UTC  

He gives you the option to ignore Him

2018-12-12 15:43:04 UTC  

So what happens if you ignore him

2018-12-12 15:43:14 UTC  

You get punished

2018-12-12 15:44:18 UTC  

Indeed

2018-12-12 15:44:34 UTC  

So you have to follow or else you'll get punished

2018-12-12 15:44:48 UTC  

That makes his moral's arbitrary

2018-12-12 15:45:29 UTC  

Because they're arbitrary it would mean God's morals are subjective

2018-12-12 15:46:33 UTC  

That isn't true at all

2018-12-12 15:46:44 UTC  

How so?

2018-12-12 15:46:54 UTC  

Just because there is a punishment for evil does not mean that good and evil don;t exist

2018-12-12 15:47:19 UTC  

I'm not saying good and evil do not exist

2018-12-12 15:47:57 UTC  

I'm saying that based off your logic god's morals would be subjective

2018-12-12 15:48:59 UTC  

And I am saying you are wrong because your argument doesn't make sense

2018-12-12 15:49:16 UTC  

How does it not make sense?

2018-12-12 15:49:20 UTC  

Morality is not a decision made by God it is based on how His nature

2018-12-12 15:49:40 UTC  

so it can not be arbitrary because it is His natural attributes that morality is based on

2018-12-12 15:58:39 UTC  

According to what religion