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The problem of Objective Morality. and why even biblical speaking it is subjective

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quatona

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They talk about Gods in religion and philosophy classes - exactly where the topic belongs.
 
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They talk about Gods in religion and philosophy classes - exactly where the topic belongs.

When I went to school, they talked about religion in history and social studies. Being a Christian, I already knew everything they wrote about Christianity. They addressed it and other religions like Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc. from a neutral standpoint ('X is a religion that believes Y, it was founded by Z in the year XXXX,' etc.)
 
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As a fellow human I know human nature and it is human nature to hate the Christian God and reject Him. Either consciously or subconsciously.
 
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Today here in Germany the religion classes still have a Christian bias, and they teach not only about the history, but also about the doctrines. They even have dedicated Protestant and dedicated Catholic classes (that you can choose - well, that the parents can choose, depending on their affiliation). Plus comparative religion classes. Not that I have a problem with that; but Ed´s claim that religion in general and Christian beliefs in particular have no space in Western European schools is just inaccurate. But, of course, religious beliefs aren´t taught in science classes where they don´t belong.
For completions sake: With there being an increasing amount of immigrants, they also begin to have dedicated Islam classes.
 
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As a fellow human I know human nature and it is human nature to hate the Christian God and reject Him. Either consciously or subconsciously.

Nope. You don't get to move the goalposts. The assertion was not that it's 'human nature' to hate Yahweh. That would only indicate a tendency for hating Yahweh, if true.

The assertion was that I know Yahweh exists. That is a statement of certainty, not just tendency.

And again, that is predicated on information that only one of us has access to. I know my own thoughts. You do not know my own thoughts.

Therefor, I am in a position to know, with 100% certainty, that the assertion is false. So is any other atheist. We can all prove it to ourselves using the same intrapersonal means.

So the best case scenario for you is that your interpretation of Romans 1 is wrong. The worst case scenario is that your interpretation is correct, and the Bible itself is wrong.

It is extremely unwise to predicate an assertion on information you have no access to. I don't recommend you keep it up.
 
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You missed two other possible scenarios:

1. You're lying about your own thoughts
2. You have cognitive dissonance
 
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You missed two other possible scenarios:

1. You're lying about your own thoughts
2. You have cognitive dissonance

1 isn't a different scenario. 'Lying about your own thoughts' is exactly what's implied by the assertion that professed atheists all secretly believe Yahweh exists.

Cognitive dissonance would be a different scenario, but it does nothing to help the assertion. There is still only one person with access to the truth value of any scenario predicated on my thoughts. Every other atheist on Earth could be lying and secretly believe Yahweh exists, or be experiencing cognitive dissonance, but all I need to disprove the assertion, as stated, is to be aware of at least one atheist for whom the assertion does not apply. It happens that I am aware of one - me.

That's the slippery thing about predicating an assertion on someone else's thought content. I can't prove to you the content of my own thoughts, but I can prove it to myself. So can any atheist, or any non-Christian theist for that matter. We all have access to our own thoughts, and can prove it intrapersonally.
 
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Not necessarily. The human mind isn't so straightforward. It's quite possible to hold contradictory beliefs, to hold a belief and yet be in denial of it, to have false memories or to not remember things you experienced, etc. For example, there are many cases of LGBT people who legitimately and sincerely believed that they were straight, but were later forced to confront the reality of their orientation.
 
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I know that you don´t believe what you say there.
 
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From Abraham Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln's Statement on Religious Views in 1846

{Emphasis added}

One who claims to know that I know that Yahweh exists is a liar.
 
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Not necessarily.

Yes, necessarily. I am necessarily the only person with access to my own thoughts.

The human mind isn't so straightforward.

Oh, I see. I guess that means it's only straightforward when it happens to suit a particular apologetic. In that case, it's easy to glean information not only about another person's mind, but the actual content of it. But then, when it comes to refutations of that apologetic, it magically becomes nebulous.

How convenient.

It's quite possible to hold contradictory beliefs, to hold a belief and yet be in denial of it,

That's just a rewording of the initial assertion. The belief in question is the existence of Yahweh, and the denial is my outward expression of atheism. I am still the only person with access to that, and it's still false.

to have false memories or to not remember things you experienced, etc.

That's irrelevant. We're not talking about memories. We're talking about a constant, conscious apprehension of something - the existence of Yahweh.

Which I do not possess. You can speculate all you want as to whether I am lying or deluding myself, but only one of us is in any position to know whether that is actually the case.
 
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From Abraham Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln's Statement on Religious Views in 1846

{Emphasis added}

One who claims to know that I know that Yahweh exists is a liar.

Thanks, Abe. That's an important point.

Even if you make a naked assertion that turns out to be correct, you still can't claim you knew it to be the case when you made the assertion in the first place. You didn't. You just lucked into the correct answer by accident.
 
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Ed1wolf said:
No, almost everyone agrees on the above.

ken: Popularity is NOT an indicator of truth.
I am not saying that, but that fact indicates it is probably part of human nature. If most humans behave a certain way then it is strong evidence that it is human nature to behave that way. This is done in behavioral science all the time when studying animals.

True, but as a fellow human and a close observer of humans I have learned from myself and my fellow humans how we think and I understand many things about human nature and it is human nature not to want to believe in a God like the Christian God and so reject Him.

He was not testing him to find out how he would react, but rather to produce spiritual growth. Spiritual growth does not come from living a problem free life.

No, He obviously is capable, that is what the substitutionary atonement of Christ is for.

ken: If your God is not Omniscient, nor is he Omni-benevolent, why call him God?
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No, He is both of those things as long as your definition of benevolence includes being just and meting out justice.
 
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But these behaviors change over time. Human behavior 1000 years ago is much different than it is today, and human behavior today is far different than it will be 1000 years from now. Why do you think that is?

There are countless versions of the Christian God that people worship. Not every Christian version of God is the same as yours. Some versions are attractive to people, some are not. If a person didn’t want to reject God, all they have to do is find a version of God that fits their lifestyle and beliefs!

He was not testing him to find out how he would react, but rather to produce spiritual growth. Spiritual growth does not come from living a problem free life.
Nowhere in the Bible does it say God was testing Job for spiritual growth. This was a wager between God and Satan.

No, He obviously is capable, that is what the substitutionary atonement of Christ is for.
He don’t need all of that to forgive, all he's gotta do is not hold a grudge.

No, He is both of those things as long as your definition of benevolence includes being just and meting out justice.

What he did was unjust IMO
 
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I'm not saying that I know for a fact what is in your head. But you don't necessarily know either. Mental compartmentalization, multiple personalities, and self denial are all well-attested psychological phenomena.
 
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No, evolution requires major changes in morphology. A change in the gene pool does not do that. Unless you can provide an example of an actual body structure change. None of your examples have that. Try again.

Yes, it is the Big Bang Theory. That is one of the conclusions of the theory.

Huh? As a biologist I do much of my own research of scientific reports, as well as reading the research of others.


Well he is just probably the most well known atheist scientist.
 
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I'm not saying that I know for a fact what is in your head. But you don't necessarily know either. Mental compartmentalization, multiple personalities, and self denial are all well-attested psychological phenomena.
Maybe we do discussions and thought exchanges all wrong, then - instead of telling each other what we think we should tell each other what they think.
 
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Maybe we do discussions and thought exchanges all wrong, then - instead of telling each other what we think we should tell each other what they think.

I just said that I don't claim to know what you think.
 
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