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Originally Posted by PairTheBoard
If there is such a thing as objective morality then it's part of ultimate reality. If God is ultimate reality then objective morality is part of what God is. So if God tells you what objective morality is, it's the same as objective morality telling you what it is.
PairTheBoard
And how do we decide which of the untold fabricated(?) gods is the real one? The one they told your culture about in Sunday School, like of course? There is a little problem there if objectivity means anything.
Calling the fabricated god of ignorant, superstitious barbarians "objective" is one of the worst parts of theism. All they are really looking for is universal and authoritarian morality, not objective. As to where the need for authoritarianism comes from, it's the same as it ever was. Clinging to dogma emotionally is the name of the game in lieu of being a responsible agent. God killed every child on earth? "Okay with me. That's part of that perfect morality of his."
"God told me and I'm a blind follower" produces profound immorality, even evil. And where do we get this information from about perfect morality: in the good book of mass killing, child killing, rape, slavery, superstition, magic, misogyny, bigotry?? Or does god tell you personally? Let's hear how he tells you. Of course we are a bit skeptical that you can do such a thing or would even try, knowing that such analysis would expose the whole thing as a fanciful inner narrative.
Religion is mythological narrative ... over and over and over again. And that's anything but objective.