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LTMFS Part 16: Honesty, Timidity, and Generosity

January 19, 2015 Matt Leave a Comment

Letters to My Former Self by Southern Skeptic

16 years ago today, I wrote this in my journal: After reading Ablaze With His Glory by Del Fehsenfeld, I was convicted about something. When I filled out the paperwork to get my driver's license, I lied and said that I had never used drugs. I'm thinking I should go confess. … [Read more...]

Letters bravery, generosity, holy spirit, honesty, lying, morality, timidity, tithing

Morality – Part 4: Evolution and Subjectivity

January 11, 2015 Matt Leave a Comment

Morality Empathy

In my last post I described the Euthyphro Dilemma and explained why morality cannot possibly come from a god. Now I'm going to explain where morality actually comes from. The answer is twofold. Evolution Morality is an emergent aspect of social animals. The phrase … [Read more...]

Christianity, God empathy, evolution, government, moral code, morality, subjectivity

Morality – Part 3: The Euthyphro Dilemma

January 4, 2015 Matt Leave a Comment

Christian Logic Euthyphro Dilemma

In my last post I explained why the existence of objective moral values would not prove the existence of god and why divine command theory is a dangerous idea. But the idea that morality comes from god raises another issue, one that goes all the way back to Plato. If you … [Read more...]

Atheism, God consequences, evil, god's nature, good, morality, plato

Morality – Part 2: Divine Command Theory

December 28, 2014 Matt Leave a Comment

Morality in the Bible

In my last post I dealt with the second premise of the moral argument for god's existence--that morality is objective and absolute--by explaining that we are not born with a moral code and that the idea of objective moral values is a contradiction in terms. Non Sequiturs and … [Read more...]

Atheism, God bible, circular reasoning, evil, morality, non sequiter, wlc

Morality – Part 1: Objective Moral Values

December 21, 2014 Matt Leave a Comment

WLC Objective Morality

Morality is one of the most hotly debated topics among theists and atheists. I believe there are two major reasons for this: It's incredibly complicated and therefore confusing, and it affects the way we live our lives and treat one another. It could be argued that nothing is … [Read more...]

Atheism, God c.s. lewis, moral argument, moral realism, morality, objective morality, wlc

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