ToothyMaw

First off most atheists don't deny god's existence, they just don't believe in him, so really there is no action to be judged. Second I'm not trying t...

I don't believe a fetus can indeed desire to be alive. But correct me if I'm wrong. And it seems wise to me to demarcate human life and personhood. No...

I can't really respond to you too well, as I don't know much philosophy. I haven't read any Plato. But is my argument sound?

ok that makes sense. Thanks.

What do you mean by predicate? I looked it up but it has a few definitions. Or maybe I should put in more work. nvm.

If god's moral commands are entirely dependent upon his will then they are arbitrary by definition. If its arbitrary for me then its arbitrary for god...

Read my latest post and tell me what's wrong with it. Please.

I define myself as the ultimate moral arbiter and everything I command is objective because I say so. Now kneel.

Yes but even if one takes the first horn god's commands are arbitrary. This is just a fact. If you say that these commands are made good by the proper...

Perhaps this will be better. I'm ascribing supreme prudence to my grandmother who, being supremely prudent in nature, issues supremely prudent command...

What would you say if I attributed supreme prudence to my grandmother's nature, which is an ontological statement, and then claimed in the same breath...

Yes, I believe you are right. People look for meaning in a frightening world, often times turning to dogma and faith-based belief. They often times fi...

I'm still confused. What does the promoting or harming? And what is being promoted or harmed?

Yes, most secular people do seem to define good and evil for themselves. Not certain I understand the bit about increasing and decreasing meaning thou...

I'm trying to show that god being omnibenevolent is not a way of escaping Euthyphro's Dilemma. I'm judging by your lack of meaningful response that I ...

That's not a moral command but rather learned prudence. But even so her commands are intelligible because they are not tied to her nature but rather j...

I posted this in another thread but its relevant here too. There is one objection to divine command theory that I used to find definitive but now real...

Can you try harder to contribute? Think before you post please. You don't even have to be correct, just on topic.

I have no idea what you're talking about. Did you even read mine or anyone else's posts? And what is creative agility?

William Lane Craig has a seemingly worthy objection to my posts: https://www.reasonablefaith.org/media/reasonable-faith-podcast/the-euthyphro-dilemma-...

god is good God's commands are good god's commands are god I believe I read this in Practical Ethics.

Yes I believe its possible for god's commands to be moral, but one has to sacrifice the omnibenevolence bit. The now boring main issue is the arbitrar...

Yes but if god is omnibenevolent and all that is good, and his moral commands are also defined as good then his commands would be: "God commands god."...

On point. But he actually says that nothing he's saying applies to normative ethics; he is just making a claim about the objectivity of god's commands...

What about mentally ill people and those with personality disorders? This is exceedingly obvious and doesn't need to be stated in my opinion. This: is...

I see more what you're saying. Yes I agree that if people value fetuses they should value the children they become,

Well I'm a white man so maybe I'm moralizing here, but I don't think that no one cares about the child; in fact I would argue that people care too muc...

Yes but you should be writing copious essay about the cruelties visited upon ants.

I see that he did that. Fair enough. But if its immoral it ought not to be done right? Or am I missing something?

lol I feel stupid. Yes he should be focusing on those other things.

You didn't answer my earlier question. What's your argument against human life being intrinsically valuable because that life can eventually feel plea...

He just admitted that he cares about all life.

Well I respect you then. Many are very inconsistent on that point. I don't think Tzeentch is depreciating the value of fetuses, but rather the autonom...

But its a vegetable. It cannot feel; it is not sentient or conscious. If you think its wrong to kill fetuses that are non-persons then you must have a...

Is it wrong to rip a carrot out of the ground and eat it? You might have to swear off vegetables.

I don't think the unenlightened is arguing that abortion is okay because its fashionable or because its socially acceptable; I believe they're saying ...

Would you argue that a justification for abortion arises out of the existence of an autonomous person's rights? Because ending a human's life might be...

If god's commands are arbitrary, and not derived from moral facts, I see no reason to follow them and not one's own values. God has no commanding auth...

Quite frankly, Dingo, I don't understand half of what you say, and I have not been arguing in bad faith. I did indeed address you because you failed t...

The Internet Encyclopedia of philosophy. It's peer reviewed and says gods commands under divine command theory would be arbitrary. I think this can en...

Furthermore what other than reason or observation would moral facts obtain from (If not of course from god)? I think that that one is just a given.

I'm trying to show why Dennis Prager's worldview is not as consistent or based on sound reasoning as one might think. I just don't see how you can thi...

First off when I say "reasoned" I mean "not arbitrary". And yes, I would indeed assert that all moral facts must be derived from some sort of reasonin...

But it seems that if the correctness of god's commands depends entirely upon god's will and not upon reasoned and thus absolute moral facts it is inde...

Oh and skepticism about moral reality according to Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy is a denial of moral facts. Should've defined that.

I'm always up for a debate!