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Post by Jesse Morrell on Feb 2, 2008 1:39:55 GMT -5
WHERE DOES MORALITY AND LOGIC COME FROM?
In the Christian world-view: Morality and logic are not arbitrary inventions, but are absolute standards derived from the mind of God. And because morality and logic come from above us, and do not come from us, men are capable of being immoral and illogical. There is a transcendent standard of morality and logic which all men are subjected to, because there is a transcendent God from which the laws of morality and the laws of logic come from.
In the Atheistic world-view: Morality and logic do not come from God, but are the arbitrary inventions of men. If the atheist were to be consistent, he would have to admit that since morality and logic come from us, and therefore are not above us but below us, men are incapable of being illogical or immoral. That is because there is no universal transcendent absolute standard of morality and logic which men are under obligation to.
So in the Christian world-view, men are subjected to morality and logic. But in the Atheist world-view, morality and logic are subjected to men.
So you can see why the most contradictory and nonsensical accusations an atheist can make against Christianity is that "The Christian Church has been immoral" and "The Christian faith is illogical". Whenever an atheist tries to say that men are immoral or illogical, they are necessarily borrowing from the Christian world-view and are departing from, or being inconsistent with, their own world-view.
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rc
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Post by rc on Jan 9, 2009 0:08:06 GMT -5
So what is your view on logic Jesse? Is it an attribute or created by God?
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