One of the fundamental attributes of humanity is our ability to tell what is right, and what is wrong. If you look at animals there is no such understanding. Primates, like the chimpanzee, engage in some truly awful behavior by moral standards. Rape, murder, incest, pedophilia, revenge killings and stealing are just a day in the life for most of the natural world.
We possess inside our souls an understanding of right and wrong. Now some of it may be shaped by the culture around us, but it is undeniable that there’s something deeper. That thing deep inside of us is the law of God.
If you do not believe in God than all morality is based on your preference. For instance if we have evolved from ancient primates then incest, rape, murder and theft are all perfectly acceptable actions, because after all they are things you prefer. Also actions like sacrificing your life for someone else is not good, in fact it’s a bit foolish.
This does not mean you can’t do good things unless you believe in God. It means that no action is good or bad at all. Unless God is the foundation of good or bad, right and wrong are an illusion.
For instance; is there a difference between killing thousands of crickets and killing thousands of humans? If we are all animals, no more innately valuable than the other, there is no real difference. If humans are made in the image of God and are more valuable because of it, then there is a difference!
The atheist has very little footing when it comes to morality, he must admit that without God there is no objective good or bad. What we are seeing today is an increase of this problem. Everything is right and everything is wrong in society and it really only depends on personal preference.
As our society in the west becomes more secular our laws will become more subjective and harder to enforce. Without a clear right or wrong our current chaos will only widen and deepen. We will trade the law of God for the law of the jungle.
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