The argument goes like this:
In a godless universe, many, if not most, crimes go unpunished. A greedy Hedge fund manager and a Mother Teresa have the same fate - death and dust, so why be a Mother Teresa? No non-theistic moral system can offer universal justice, even potentially, therefore no non-theistic system can be rational.
(1) Moral behavior is rational.
(2) Morality behavior is only rational if justice will be done.
(3) Justice will only be done if God exists.
Therefore:
(4) God exists.
http://www.philosophyofreligion.info...oral-argument/
(2) Morality behavior is only rational if justice will be done.
(3) Justice will only be done if God exists.
Therefore:
(4) God exists.
http://www.philosophyofreligion.info...oral-argument/
In a godless universe, many, if not most, crimes go unpunished. A greedy Hedge fund manager and a Mother Teresa have the same fate - death and dust, so why be a Mother Teresa? No non-theistic moral system can offer universal justice, even potentially, therefore no non-theistic system can be rational.
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