So after posting my response yesterday, Paulogia published this video addressing,
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Atheist,do not support a god neither,but you have a problem with a fairytale “choosing” to take the life of its imaginary creation ..I hope you see how ridiculous that sounds .
"Without God, you can have no basis for truth," says Eric Hovind, Sye Ten Bruggencate and other presuppositional apologists. But is this true? Can we make sense of truth without a god?Which goes to my point in regards to my commentors copy-pasta from Matt Slick https://carm.org/what-is-wrong-with-subjective-morality. Matt works from a presuppositionalist view that god exists therefore morality exists. He assumes, as do you, that morality needs some powerful authoritarian being to exist. The gist of the argument is that, without someone to enforce the rules, we’re in a free-for-all.
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De4thHunter117 To loosely quote Thunderf00t: We only need 3 basic Axioms 1. The universe exists 2. We can learn something about this universe (truth exists and we can learn the truth) 3. Models with predictive capability are better than models without_____
Atheist,do not support a god neither,but you have a problem with a fairytale “choosing” to take the life of its imaginary creation ..I hope you see how ridiculous that sounds .
Nice
strawman,,, That's because you do not seem to be understanding the
nuance of the argument put forth, ie the ability of argument from
both perspectives. Christians claim god, christians entire world
view is centered on that belief and dictates from the bible. IOWs
there are legislators passing exclusionary laws based in that world
view. I do not accept the christian (nor any religious) claim of god
and by default will argue against said legislation if warranted.
IOWs
I have an issue with religionist arguing from a religious "worldview"
when the bible demonstrates a contrary view (see
Numbers 5:11-22;
Numbers 31:15-18; Hosea 9:14; Hosea 13:16; 2
Kings 15:16; 1
Samuel 15:3; Psalms 137:8-9)
Belief
that "a human being exists at conception" is a matter of
faith, not fact; your own bible states as such, Genesis
2:7.Legislating antiabortion faith would be as immoral and unAmerican
as passing a law that all citizens must attend Catholic mass!
The
bible does not condemn abortion; but even if it did, we live under a
secular constitution, not in a theocracy. The separation of church
and state, the right to privacy, and women's rights all demand
freedom of choice. Our laws, our rights, come from the Constitution
which is a secular document with no preference given to any religion.
Some christians believe the bible trumps the Constitution giving them
special rights. They are mistaken, there is no deity, book, or
doctrine that usurps the Constitution. End of story.
A
woman's right to abortion was deemed legal in 1973 based on privacy
concerns. The Court ruled 7–2 that a right to privacy under the Due
Process Clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision
to have an abortion. Later, in Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992),
the Court rejected Roe's trimester framework while affirming its
central holding that a woman has a right to abortion until fetal
viability.
It’s
none of your/our business, yet you protest/ advocate one life over
another, (namely the woman/mother)..You don’t see that you just
stepped on the Christian worldview platform “I don’t support
abortion” then stepped back onto the atheistic platform to support
the woman’s right to choose ..It would be insane if Christians were
advocating the death of the mother over the child, but We see value
in both, atheist see value in 1 life, the other is “Sacrificed”
on the alter of convenience, (which I’ve gathered is ridiculous
according to atheist when The son of God did this) smh
Again
nice strawman!! I stated, “I
do not "support" abortion, I support a woman's right to
choose.” You are either not understanding my position, or
intentionally misrepresenting what I state.
You
are correct, it is none of my business nor is it yours what a woman
chooses to do in regards to the abortion discussion or any medical
decision. As I stated, that is between the woman and applicable
parties as stated above. It is a private matter that Roe v Wade
addressed. What is my business, that a woman has the right to make
her own choices which Roe v Wade affirmed.
You
are obviously not familiar with the cases of Savita
Halappanavar, or the Paraguayan
girl (
J.S.P.
) whom both died due to lack of access to an abortion. Or the older
case of Sheila Hodgers, all three died because religionists were
advocating the death of the mother over the child by denying access
to abortion based on religious ideology.
While
I do not know your personal beliefs, you state, “We see value in
both,,,” is a bunch of bullshit. IF that where true, then you and
your ilk would not be opposed to proper sex education being taught in
schools. You and your ilk would not be opposed to proper
preventative measures being readily available. You and your ilk
would be doing everything to prevent unwanted or unplanned
pregnancies.
Generally
speaking, those in opposition to the Christian worldview, often say
that reducing harm is the universal moral standard because that is
what people want. They don't like being harmed. But, we have to ask
what makes what people want morally right? If they say that that is
just the way it is, then we can say that it's just the way it is that
there are moral absolutes. For the moral relativist, all that
is left is for him to chase his own tail and never get anywhere.
Furthermore, when reducing harm is the standard all that people have
to adhere to, then the moral relativist is appealing to a universal
moral standard. But that means they are appealing to something
outside of themselves which contradicts their subjective morality.
All that is left for them is to continue chasing their own tail and
never solve the problem that subjective morality necessitates.
Nice
copy-pasta from Matt slick BTW
https://carm.org/what-is-wrong-with-subjective-morality.
Now please explain what Matt is saying here in your own words.
You
see Matt works from a presuppositionalist view that god exists
therefore morality exists. He assumes,
as do you,
that morality needs some powerful authoritarian being to exist.
The gist of the argument is that, without someone to enforce the
rules, we’re in a free-for-all.
But,
the atheist’s morality is not dependant on authoritarian edict. It
is intrinsic. Morality can only be morality if
it is done for the goodness of its own sake, not because it was given
by an authority figure.
You
see, morality has an is evolutionary aspect to. Not just
biologically but socially as well. We have learned as a species that
causing harm (murder, rape, theft, etc) is wrong. That these actions
do not benefit our survival as a species or individual. A community
has better chance at survival than an outcast member.
For
example, killing another person is detrimental to society at large;
the tribe has one less person to help or defend it, and possibly a
slew of extra strife between friends and family of the victim vs.
those of his/her killer. In the modern ers, law enforcement is not
perfectly efficient nor cost effective for society. Morality provides
an additional barrier against criminal behavior.
Another
way of looking at what Slick proposes,
- The
argument presupposes God
without first establishing
God's existence.
- There
are explanations for the origin of morals other than "Goddidit".
- God's actions aren't exactly what most people would classify as leading by example.
Atheist
profess to reject the existence of their creator; They claim we live
in a non-personally guided & ungoverned cosmos; That our
ancestors were fish; that we’ve evolved from, highly evolved
societies of bacteria; That we’re stardust in a universe, with no
divine-justice ahead of any of us..We are fundamentally
bipedal-Protoplasm, with only sky above us..
Again
you and Matt do not seem to understand what atheism entails. It is a
rejection of your claim that a god exists. It makes no claims to the
origin of the universe, or man. You are again creating a strawman.
Watch
for inconsistency.. is the person acting consistently with his/her
worldview, that they say they’re standing on? Is one side forced to
abandon their platform, or worldview, in an attempt to borrow/steal
truths and concepts from the other, that do not comport with their
own professed view of the world?
In
other words, in order for the atheist to even deny the existence of
God, she must borrow from the Christian worldview to do so. But why
is the atheist borrowing from the Christian worldview? According to
the presuppositionalists, only the Christian worldview can explain
why reasoning is even possible. How, they ask, could rational
dialogue exist if the universe began, expands, and exists by chance?
How can chance account for immaterial, universal laws of logic?
This
is all presuppositional twaddle. You are making assertions based in
the existence of god, not arguments. You are asserting god exists
which you have not demonstrated. Your assertions
only
works if one were to accept your specific worldview is true. A point
I reject as do other sects of christianity.
As
to Deb's statement concerning trinitarian belief, there is no
consensus among christians. Some believe in the trinity some do not.
The developed
doctrine of the trinity is not expressed in the NT and was not
developed until Ignatius
of Antioch provides
early support for the Trinity around 110 CE and finalized in the
early 3rd century by the early church father Tertullian.
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