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To: Zack Nguyen
That isn't good enough.

All you're saying is that if I don't agree with your religious views, I can't make moral judgements, because morals MUST come from YOUR God.

Nice try. I don't buy it. And I'm not convinced your pipeline to God is any better than mine. Care to show me why yours is better ?

Morals can also be established by other means - harm to one's self, or another, for instance. This doesn't require ANY religious belief - just a little thinking.

399 posted on 03/19/2003 1:21:42 PM PST by jimt
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To: jimt
Now we are getting down to brass tacks. Yes, morals do come from the God of the Bible. They come from nowhere else. Without a belief in God, there is nothing higher from which to draw a moral viewpoint.
401 posted on 03/19/2003 1:25:32 PM PST by Zack Nguyen
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To: jimt
Care to show me why yours is better ?

Arguments regarding ethics derive from the First Principle that the good is to be done and evil avoided. (Such arguments are also consonant with divine revelation, since the God of Reason is also the God of Revelation). Read Aristotle and Aquinas.

505 posted on 03/21/2003 6:24:38 AM PST by Aquinasfan
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