I hope you do not interpret what I have said to mean that I don't believe that you have a sense of morality. You obviously do have a sense of morality, which is evident every time you make a moral judgment. I just think that your sense of morality is tacit evidence of your knowledge of God, which you suppress. You do not acknowledge Him or give Him thanks, but you have a sense of morality because you were made in His image and likeness.
Christian: Your life is bleak and meaningless.
Me: No, it's not.
I for one have never said that your life is meaningless. I believe your life has meaning and value because you were created in God's image and live in His world. I just think that every time you think your life has meaning you are being inconsistent with your own Godless presuppositions.
Christian: Well, you can't say anything's wrong.
Me: Yes I can, I do it all the time, actually.
Christian: Well, you can't say why it's wrong.
Me: Yes, I can. Here's why.
As above, I for one do not say that you are incapable of or can't make moral judgments, but merely that when you do so you are being inconsistent with your presuppositions. I have not yet seen how or why you expect a purely material universe to generate moral obligation, and what sense it makes to expect mere physical forces to be moral and rational.
Cordially,
I'm glad to see you realize that, so many times I feel like I am expected to be out looting and pillaging (which disturbs me because I wonder, would this Christian saying so be out looting and pillaging if he lost his belief in God?)
I just think that your sense of morality is tacit evidence of your knowledge of God, which you suppress. You do not acknowledge Him or give Him thanks, but you have a sense of morality because you were made in His image and likeness.
I realize that is the Christian position, but you can hardly expect to convince non-Christians of this.
I just think that every time you think your life has meaning you are being inconsistent with your own Godless presuppositions.
Once again, you're not going to convince me. :-D
I have not yet seen how or why you expect a purely material universe to generate moral obligation, and what sense it makes to expect mere physical forces to be moral and rational.
As I explained, it is generated within.