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Does This Prove We Can’t Ground Objective Morality in God?

Jan 25, 2024
In the podcast, Amy and Greg discuss the atheist challenge to grounding objective morality in God. They explore topics such as the definition of genocide, God's actions in the Old Testament, and the concept of slavery in Hebrew Scriptures. They emphasize the importance of evaluating God based on context and justice.
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  • Without God as the foundation for morality, terms like genocide, torture, and slavery lose their moral meaning in an atheistic worldview.
  • God's moral standards are not necessarily applicable to humans, proving the distinction between God's actions and human actions in the context of morality.

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Objective morality grounded in God's nature

The podcast discusses the challenge posed by atheists regarding grounding objective morality in God. The speaker argues that without God as the foundation for morality, terms like genocide, torture, and slavery lose their moral meaning in an atheistic worldview. The moral argument for God involves the concept that morality is grounded in God's unchanging, morally perfect nature. The podcast highlights the need to consider where atheists derive their moral standard when judging God's actions in the Old Testament.

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