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    Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality

If God can’t be objectively immoral. Is there a being that is maximally evil? Would this being ground objective immorality in the same way that God does morality?  Is immorality merely the absence of...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 332 44,567 03-25-2024, 07:52 PM
    Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality

(03-25-2024, 05:26 PM)Dānu Wrote: (03-25-2024, 05:22 PM)Atothetheist Wrote: Not a great loss. Average number of positive things said about him: 50% That’s 50% more positive than some of the though...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 332 44,567 03-25-2024, 05:32 PM
    Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality

(03-25-2024, 03:52 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-23-2024, 02:30 AM)Atothetheist Wrote: No. :cup:  You've determined that in order for something to be God, it must have your presupposed attributes, which ...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 332 44,567 03-25-2024, 05:22 PM
    Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality

P1:Beating someone up is an objective way to establish superiority over them. P2: My dad is superior to everyone else in every aspect.  In Support of P2:  My dad is just built different. C: My da...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 332 44,567 03-23-2024, 03:53 AM
    Thread: God can Ground Objective Morality
Post: RE: God can Ground Objective Morality

No. :cup:  You've determined that in order for something to be God, it must have your presupposed attributes, which (by virtue of the attributes) would break the dilemma. You don't entertain that suc...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 332 44,567 03-23-2024, 02:30 AM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-22-2024, 06:18 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-22-2024, 05:18 PM)Atothetheist Wrote: Are you saying that God *couldn’t* make a less undesirable punishment for people who aren’t saved through Jesus?  It ...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-22-2024, 07:06 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-22-2024, 04:43 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-22-2024, 02:48 PM)Atothetheist Wrote: You missed my point entirely and numerously.  By “offers” I was talking about any and all direct commands from God t...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-22-2024, 05:18 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-21-2024, 08:17 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-20-2024, 03:57 PM)Atothetheist Wrote: You keep drawing back curtains for "Gotchas!" that don't exist. However, it seems I struck some sort of a nerve. I wa...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-22-2024, 02:48 PM
    Thread: Attention whore
Post: RE: Attention whore

(03-18-2024, 11:15 AM)AutisticWill Wrote: (03-18-2024, 11:13 AM)Gwaithmir Wrote: Suggest that he check himself for Covid-19.  :whistle: I'm sorry, I don't get the joke. Lack of taste is a common s...
Atothetheist Off-topic 10 1,645 03-21-2024, 06:28 PM
    Thread: The probability of the existence of the Christian God
Post: RE: The probability of the existence of the Christ...

(03-14-2024, 10:42 AM)neutral Wrote: World organized crime has gained revenues in the amount of tens of thousands of billions of dollars in recent decades. Today, there are no known billionaires fro...
Atothetheist Atheism & Theism 253 38,513 03-21-2024, 06:26 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-20-2024, 01:49 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-19-2024, 07:15 PM)Atothetheist Wrote: What if you replace the Tycoon with God? Does that change things? Putting God into a hypothetical that violates his n...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-20-2024, 03:57 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-19-2024, 01:47 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-16-2024, 08:30 PM)Atothetheist Wrote: Here's a long hypothetical I want you to ponder and give your thoughts on: Mary, who has recently discovered that sh...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-19-2024, 07:15 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-14-2024, 04:50 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-13-2024, 08:12 PM)Atothetheist Wrote: This sounds like special pleading. Some circumstances affect objectivity (something you have previously claimed is tr...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-16-2024, 08:30 PM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

(03-11-2024, 06:07 AM)Minimalist Wrote: One does not need a "license" to know that Fuckface is out of his mind! True, but one does need it for a diagnosis.
Atothetheist World News, Politics and Current Events 18,398 1,499,817 03-14-2024, 10:46 PM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

(03-11-2024, 04:33 AM)airportkid Wrote: (03-11-2024, 03:35 AM)Atothetheist Wrote: This is (likely) unethical. Wouldn't be surprised if their license is subsequently in jeopardy. I doubt it - Trump...
Atothetheist World News, Politics and Current Events 18,398 1,499,817 03-14-2024, 10:45 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-13-2024, 07:11 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-13-2024, 05:47 PM)Atothetheist Wrote: @SteveII If Objective Morality is right or wrong "regardless of personal opinion and context" Than is killing wron...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-13-2024, 08:12 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-13-2024, 05:18 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-13-2024, 04:10 PM)Dānu Wrote: I think the problem here is less that there are no objective morals than it is that Steve's definition is wrong. I clarified ...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-13-2024, 05:47 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-13-2024, 03:11 PM)Mathilda Wrote: (03-13-2024, 12:46 PM)SteveII Wrote: Objective is independent of people's opinions or circumstance: always wrong in all cases in all places in all times. As...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-13-2024, 03:52 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-12-2024, 09:45 PM)airportkid Wrote: (03-12-2024, 08:09 PM)SteveII Wrote: Were the events of October 7 objectively wrong? Below is everything historic that happened on an Oct 7.  There is nothi...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-13-2024, 02:42 AM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

LONG RAMBLY POST WARNING! (03-11-2024, 03:58 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-11-2024, 03:26 AM)Atothetheist Wrote: @SteveII Here's an adaptation of a well-known hypothetical: If you wake up, and find yo...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-12-2024, 05:43 AM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

(03-03-2024, 11:11 PM)Minimalist Wrote: I love this.  Fuckface will lose what is left of his mind! https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dementia-petition/ Quote:Dozens of 'licensed professionals' sign ...
Atothetheist World News, Politics and Current Events 18,398 1,499,817 03-11-2024, 03:35 AM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

@SteveII Here's an adaptation of a well-known hypothetical: If you wake up, and find your organs are hooked to a machine that (somehow) sustains the life of another grown individual, requiring you ...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-11-2024, 03:26 AM
    Thread: The trump chronicles (topical thread)
Post: RE: The trump chronicles (topical thread)

(03-06-2024, 12:10 AM)pattylt Wrote: I actually fear the Supreme Court more than Trump…though I do fear another presidency of his.  The Supreme Court can restrict our democracy and wreck complete ha...
Atothetheist World News, Politics and Current Events 18,398 1,499,817 03-09-2024, 12:51 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-05-2024, 08:34 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-05-2024, 11:39 AM)Atothetheist Wrote: Steve, I never equated OT slavery to the American chattel slavery. You're using this point to somehow differentiate (...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-05-2024, 10:44 PM
    Thread: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion
Post: RE: A Non-Religious Case Against Abortion

(03-04-2024, 05:06 PM)SteveII Wrote: (03-02-2024, 12:19 AM)Atothetheist Wrote: Can you explain to me why God promoted and accepted slavery if slavery is objectively wrong? Jesus never made any cla...
Atothetheist Philosophy and Ethics 1,312 168,990 03-05-2024, 11:39 AM