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cincPhil

['Member']Joined: October 30, 2017 at 04:32Last active: August 14, 2020 at 16:441 discussions21 comments

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In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
OK thanks again to anyone who offered help, or asked thoughtful questions. I'm going to try to start over in a new thread, which will hopefully touch ...
August 14, 2020 at 06:52
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
Thanks for your question. I just want to answer it, and then I'm going to start a new discussion that will hopefully touch on the subject of morality ...
August 14, 2020 at 06:33
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
thank you! I really appreciated your help
August 14, 2020 at 06:00
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
Oh wow! This thread is still going! Let me apologize if I could have started this more carefully. May I propose that we start over? I will start a new...
August 14, 2020 at 04:21
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
I offered the idea of a maximal being as a way to think about God, if you will allow it. Please understand that I am open to ideas, and I do not mean ...
November 03, 2017 at 17:02
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
t0m, Thanks for the response. You gave me a lot to sift through, but I can appreciate your "ability to question and doubt". My entry into philosophy w...
November 03, 2017 at 05:15
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
8-)
November 01, 2017 at 06:24
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
Please see my response to Thorongil... I'm not sure what led you to that conclusion. On the contrary, objective morality, if it exists, would be indep...
November 01, 2017 at 02:57
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
I didn't think you were, but I'll work on my communication skills for next time. Thanks for the challenge!
November 01, 2017 at 02:52
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
What part of the argument are you having trouble with? Are moral values really dependent on human beings? It seems to me that would make them subjecti...
October 30, 2017 at 21:34
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
Time to get creative. I think I'll be happy as long as you don't posit a flying spaghetti monster.
October 30, 2017 at 17:20
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
I don't want to try to describe a complete set of ethics. I am open to examples of what is good and what is right. The question I would put to anyone ...
October 30, 2017 at 16:49
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
I would agree that moral values are mind-independent. But the objection is that if God is a mind, then moral values are not mind-independent. However,...
October 30, 2017 at 16:29
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
I didn't say anything about happiness. Do you really think of love in this way? Do you really think that love hurts? Or is it when we fail to love pur...
October 30, 2017 at 16:07
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
For God, I might use St. Anselm's concept of a maximal being, "a being than which no greater can be conceived." Also, I'm aware of the Euthyphro dilem...
October 30, 2017 at 16:01
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
Thanks MadFool. Let me ask your question back to you. Can you give me an example of an objective moral value that changes? For example, can the value ...
October 30, 2017 at 15:12
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
On atheism, I would agree with you: morality is simply a product of human experience over the course of evolution; it's nothing more than a kind of he...
October 30, 2017 at 15:03
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
If morality is dependent upon environmental factors, wouldn't it be subjective? Also, herd morality and evolution is just what the atheist espouses. T...
October 30, 2017 at 08:03
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
I used to doubt, but not anymore. On atheism, it is as you say, that morality is a product of socio-biological evolution. But let me be clear: I'm not...
October 30, 2017 at 07:29
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
This strikes a personal cord with me. I've done things I regret. I've hurt people. And I know that if God did not exist, then I would embrace my anima...
October 30, 2017 at 06:34
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
Forgive me. I don't mean to accuse. My argument is not about what atheists believe. It is about the nature of morality.
October 30, 2017 at 06:20
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
On atheism, you don't read morality into nature. Nature is red in tooth and claw. To quote Richard Dawkins, "there is, at bottom, no design, no purpos...
October 30, 2017 at 06:06
In: The Moral Argument for the Existence of God  — view comment
To say that a moral value or duty is objective is to say that it is true or binding irrespective of human opinion (regardless of what anyone thinks). ...
October 30, 2017 at 04:59
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