Saturday, April 4, 2009

Rebuttal on the moral argument

The problem with morality is this: you can't prove that anyone behaves better if they are closer to a supreme dictator than if not.

You must point out a divine sanction that a person of faith can make that I cannot also make.

However, if you look at evil acts, such as genital mutilation, these are almost exclusively religious in nature.

15 comments:

  1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCy8MpT45gk

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  2. The issue isn't making it, it is what the moral imperative is grounded in.

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  3. Hitchens constantly makes this claim... Craig should answer..

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  4. Its hard to believe he can say this with a straight face, oblivious to the blatant contradiction he is making.

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  5. "you can't prove that anyone behaves better if they are closer to a supreme dictator than if not."

    What?! Calomie88 - perfect response!

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  6. haha... I keep looking at the youtube link even though I've seen it...

    Makes funny debate commentary.

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  7. the point is you recognize because they are objectively founded...

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  8. is hitchens refering to circumcism as genital mutilation? if so is he aware that scientific studies in Africa show a medical benefit (rducees the chance of getting HIV by 50%) oops.... Hitchens needs to check up on facts.

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  9. Atheists like Hitch can certainly recognize moral truths, but that's not in question. Hitch must provide an adequate grounding for those truths, and so far he hasn't.

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  10. Nice, Cory. . . Nice.

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  11. Hitchens claiming acts of "Evil" when all of that is just motion and matter to him. It is pointless.

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  12. I once used the video I posted in a response to a myspace blog, where my arguments went 'right over their heads.'

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  13. It seems like Hitchens has missed the point of the moral argument by saying that it is not necessarily true that religious people are more moral than non-religious people. My understanding of the argument is that objective moral values exist, therefore a "law-giver" must exist.

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