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I'm currently reading Why I Became an Atheist: A Former Preacher Rejects Christianity by
John W. Loftus. This book is a tough read; this is my 2nd attempt at reading it. (Probably has something to do with the fact that I read to and from work, when I'm most tired.)
John W. Loftus. This book is a tough read; this is my 2nd attempt at reading it. (Probably has something to do with the fact that I read to and from work, when I'm most tired.)
I wanted to post an excerpt that I think is a perfect explanation regarding the claim that Atheists are not moral without the bible/God or, rather, the "illusion of a superior Christian ethical standard".
If we think that the commands of God are good merely because he commands them, then his commands are, well, just his commands. We cannot call them good, for to call them good we'd have to have a standard above them to declare that they are indeed good commands. But on this theory they are just God's commands. God doesn't command us to do good things; he just commands us to do things. John Arthur argued, "All that could mean is that God wants us to do what he wants us to do." And God isn't a good God either; he is just God. For there would be no standard above God for us to be able to proclaim that God is good. He is just, well, God.If we say, on the other hand, that God commands what is right because it is right, then there is a higher standard of morality that is being appealed to, and if this is so, then there is a higher standard above God which is independent of him that makes his commands good. Rather than declaring what is good, now God recognizes what is good and commands us to do likewise. But where did this standard come from that is purportedly higher than God? If it exists, this moral standard is the real God.
What are you reading?
