You are assuming that such absolutes exist.
That's beside the point. Even if you remove "absolute" from the discussion, it still seems to me the question you posed (and I quoted) is meaningless. It's still a matter of deciding whether or not to seek God's will. If you don't think God exists, you've obviously defaulted to not seeking his will.
Why can't we discern the absolutes of good and evil? Because we're not omniscient.
That's beside the point. Even if you remove "absolute" from the discussion, it still seems to me the question you posed (and I quoted) is meaningless. It's still a matter of deciding whether or not to seek God's will. If you don't think God exists, you've obviously defaulted to not seeking his will.
we have Christians who bear false witness and attack people just as if there was no God providing them a guideline. We have atheists who do the same thing but we are assured it is because they have no moral guideline.
Yeah, people of all stripes do bad things.
My point was the focus on the GOOD.
I think you have missed the point by a fair bit. The point being: when you say that seeking God's will is the choice, I am merely pointing out that whether one seeks it or not, we usually all do the same things.
Indeed. Why do you think that is?
That's beside the point.
Even if you remove "absolute" from the discussion, it still seems to me the question you posed (and I quoted) is meaningless. It's still a matter of deciding whether or not to seek God's will. If you don't think God exists, you've obviously defaulted to not seeking his will.
How so? You're the one who proposed God's ability to understand absolutes that we lowly mortals can't as something important.
And why would I seek the will of a being I don't think exists?
Shrug. OK. I never claimed God enabled "good" only in Christians. The corollary to my comment would be: People of all stripes do good things.
If that's your position, I'm not going to argue it with you. I happen to have a different opinion. God has influenced my behavior. Even for those who don't believe God exists, I expected they could see that the Bible has influenced people's behavior - my behavior.
It is clear you are still annoyed from our previous discussion. My apologies again.
My apologies for putting any thought into replying to your post.
Does that mean that, as a good atheist, you will be observing the first four of the ten commandments?
I will now retire from this thread again.
Anything beyond a trivial answer would require specifics - something I'm not particularly interested in pursuing.
A lot of those people are called wolves in sheeps' clothing; and all of them are called "goats."My morality would appear very much as yours.
That is a deeper dive. The reality is, humans can find motivation to do all sorts of bad things, including murder, regardless of if they are a believer or not.