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Is God Necessary for Morality?

In the Arena: The Debates and Lectures of William Lane Craig

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Moral Values Cannot Be Grounded in God

Doctor anthony admits that divine command theory does give an objective basis for values. Her initial argument was, however, that they wouldn't be moral in character. But if you think of who god is, god is the greatest conceivable being. God is a being which is worthy of worship,. Therefore god must be morally perfect and therefore morally good. By contrast, i simply can't see why on a naturalistic world view we should think that this primate creature that is evolved down here on the planet earth, lost somewhere in the universe, is the victim of delusions of moral grandeur.

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