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To: SeekAndFind

And even the concept of one virtue being “better” than another

REQUIRES

an objective standard.


24 posted on 12/18/2014 7:53:20 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MrB

Exactly. If there is no supreme moral force in the universe then words like good, evil, right and wrong have absolutely no meaning. It all devolves to individual opinion. And if it makes me happy to rape you and then cut out your liver and eat it - who’s to say your opinion is more important than mine.


26 posted on 12/18/2014 7:56:16 AM PST by QuisCustodiet1776 (Live free or die.)
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To: MrB

Bingo. You can’t even make a logical case for “right” or “wrong” without an objective standard, and the only objective standard that is sensible must come from an intelligence outside of humanity.

Plenty of atheists have tried to make such a case, but their arguments are easily deflated.


36 posted on 12/18/2014 8:07:19 AM PST by Boogieman
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