Call It 'Atlas Snubbed'

Wall Street Journal ^ | 7/17/2011 | Al Lewis

[Gondring]

Without God who defines it (moral behavior)? Without a Supreme arbitor/law giver, the whole concept of morality/immorality becomes one of relativist nuance.

If God exists, then He will judge. If God does not exist, the question is moot.

Even with God-defined morality, there are "relativist nuances" when humans are involved (and we're discussing human behaviour), based on interpretation if nothing else. If God gave us inherent morality, then why can't evolution give us inherent morality? Why can't we define morality ourselves (e.g., "acting in a way that we believe will lead to the greatest good for the most people" [admittedly, a poor definition :-) ]), just like one might define it as, "acting in ways that are pleasing to God")?

[Joe 6-pack]

"Why can't we define morality ourselves (e.g., "acting in a way that we believe will lead to the greatest good for the most people"

LOL...Define the term 'greatest good.' There are those who believe (or at least advocate) that euthanasia or genocide are for the 'greatest good.' Without an objective baseline, the term 'good' (or 'evil' for that matter) is entierely meaningless.