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Why is moral relativism such a bad thing?
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Last edited by seer; 05-28-2021, 07:02 PM.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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So seer, staying on your claim that thought our sense of justice / justice itself, can be/is rationally based, are you now saying that you only view it as able to be 'rationally' based by appealing to God and/or a theistic worldview?"I hate him passionately", he's "a demonic force" - Tucker Carlson, in private, on Donald Trump
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I don't see why not. Why does a sense of fairness have to be emotional? Why does seeing things as unequal have to be emotional?-Seer
Seeing things as unequal does not have to be emotional. But unequal does not necessarily mean unfair.-Stoic
The above is what I failed to grasp. I just didn't understand what this had to do with what I was asking. This thread was for my own edification. It has been proven to me, shown plain as the nose on my face, that there cannot be Universal Absolutes without a Universal Absolute Mind. It is simply an axiom, a clever fidget spinner of logic, and it is what it is.
In the atheistic worldview, it's all relative. I get it, and i'm just asking now what? What am I supposed to think of atheists now? I surely don't see them acting out or, as far as I can tell, contemplating stealing, killing, raping, etc, like theists say is the only rational way they should be acting. I don't think that it follows. I cannot explain why, I just don't see it.
Take raping for instance, just say that the atheist is attracted to this beautiful woman. If it's all relative, he should go and take from her what pleases him. But what if he doesn't find that erotic? I mean really, personally, for me, (and it has nothing to do with God or even understanding that there cannot be Universal Absolutes without a Universal Absolute Mind) but forcing myself upon a woman does not evoke any eroticism in me. The domination aspect, the soulical violation...there is no sensation in that for me, nothing sexy or erotic. Why can't atheists have preferences like that, that are based in what they want or don't want and why can 't that be rational? They are human just like me. Why can't they also have preferences that guide them through life, and form the basis of their decision making?
I'm just not seeing that atheists are living irrationally by their underlying assumptions that morality is ultimately relative, yet they are living as upright citizens just like anyone else. There have been a lot of attacks on atheists in this and other forums with this argument. Life does not happen on that micro resolution of logic. Nobody ratiocinates the square roots of their axioms when making day to day decisions. That is what I was talking about, the day to day. Atheists seem to have the ability to live as uprightly as any Christian that I know of. I don't see that they are irrational in any sense of the word.
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Originally posted by Starlight View PostSo seer, staying on your claim that thought our sense of justice / justice itself, can be/is rationally based, are you now saying that you only view it as able to be 'rationally' based by appealing to God and/or a theistic worldview?Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Machinist View Post
I didn't understand how that addressed the question that Seer asked you.
My answer: If anyone wants to claim that unfairness can be logically shown to be wrong, then let him show me.
(And no cheap tricks like trying to define it as wrong. Anything can be shown to be wrong that way, including motherhood and apple pie.)
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Originally posted by Stoic View Post
I'm guessing you mean this question: "Why does a sense of fairness have to be emotional?"
My answer: If anyone wants to claim that unfairness can be logically shown to be wrong, then let him show me.
(And no cheap tricks like trying to define it as wrong. Anything can be shown to be wrong that way, including motherhood and apple pie.)Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Machinist View PostI'm just not seeing that atheists are living irrationally by their underlying assumptions that morality is ultimately relative, yet they are living as upright citizens just like anyone else. There have been a lot of attacks on atheists in this and other forums with this argument. Life does not happen on that micro resolution of logic. Nobody ratiocinates the square roots of their axioms when making day to day decisions. That is what I was talking about, the day to day. Atheists seem to have the ability to live as uprightly as any Christian that I know of. I don't see that they are irrational in any sense of the word.
Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Stoic View Post
Cool. Now all you have to do is show logically that there is a law of God.
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And that unfairness violates it.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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Originally posted by Stoic View Post
I'm emotionally invested in the idea that what goes on in my mind corresponds to reality.
And there's not much I can do about it if it doesn't.
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Originally posted by seer View Post
That is not really the point. The most brilliant and moral man I knew was my Ju Jitsu master - he was a stone cold atheist. But of course he and most people you are referring to were raised in a largely Christian culture. A good Maoist or Stalinist would be an exemplar of moral virtue by executing political dissidents by the truck load. So very much culturally dependent.
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Originally posted by Stoic View Post
I'm emotionally invested in the idea that what goes on in my mind corresponds to reality.
And there's not much I can do about it if it doesn't.Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s
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