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11-04-2003, 01:55 AM | #11 | |||||
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Basically, I see a logical problem with the worldview of atheism in dealing with the very observable fact of the existence of morality in humans. The Christian worldview is that God has placed in every person a moral code - the sense that certain actions are either RIGHT or WRONG. And what do we observe? That this is indeed the case! (much to our chagrin when we go against what we think is right - that darn uncomfy feeling in our conscience....) The athiestic worldview, and the worldview of the most commonly accepted version of evolution, is that there is no God, and that there is no intelligent, moral guiding force behind the universe. And if you think thru the implications, this means that there is NO basis for people having moral values. IOW, we happened to evolve the way we did, but there is no right or wrong about it. How can there be right or wrong about random chance and natural selection? The mechanism of natural selection does not allow only the "nice" organisms thru, does it? The mech. of NS does not make moral judgements; it does not make ANY judgements - it is just a name given to the idea that those species that just happen to have beneficial mutations will naturally survive. So we have a very stubbornly-observable fact that humankind has moral values, and yet have no basis in that worldview for saying that ANY decision we make is either right or wrong. And this is a SERIOUS logical defect in atheism/atheistic evolution. Do you see, or do I need to explain it more, or do you see but disagree (and in that case, please present your case ) Quote:
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