Posted: Mar 27, 2012 11:56 pm
promethean, a couple problems immediately leap out at me.
There are any number of objective moral systems that do not depend on the existence of God. Moreover, you have failed to address the issue of what makes God's commands morally imperative. The Euthyphro dillemma ("Is what is morally good commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?")has been around for a long time, but has yet to be resolved by anyone advocating divine command theory, as you are here. And until that dilemma is resolved, there is no logical basis to the claim that morality originates from God.
Similarly, you do not address the logical incompatibility between an omnipotent, omnscient god and human free will. You simply assert that God gave us a soul, and free will, but don't explain how these can coexist. Do we have the free will to go against the wishes of God? If so, how can he be omnipotent?
I also don't see how a biological basis to love makes it any less real, or less wonderful. In the same way, the taste of a really good meal can be broken down to its chemical constituents and how they react with the cells of my tongue. But that doesn't invalidate the experience in any way, nor make it any less essential for me to eat.
Sorry, nice try, but you missed the target.
There are any number of objective moral systems that do not depend on the existence of God. Moreover, you have failed to address the issue of what makes God's commands morally imperative. The Euthyphro dillemma ("Is what is morally good commanded by God because it is morally good, or is it morally good because it is commanded by God?")has been around for a long time, but has yet to be resolved by anyone advocating divine command theory, as you are here. And until that dilemma is resolved, there is no logical basis to the claim that morality originates from God.
Similarly, you do not address the logical incompatibility between an omnipotent, omnscient god and human free will. You simply assert that God gave us a soul, and free will, but don't explain how these can coexist. Do we have the free will to go against the wishes of God? If so, how can he be omnipotent?
I also don't see how a biological basis to love makes it any less real, or less wonderful. In the same way, the taste of a really good meal can be broken down to its chemical constituents and how they react with the cells of my tongue. But that doesn't invalidate the experience in any way, nor make it any less essential for me to eat.
Sorry, nice try, but you missed the target.