Your interpretation of God is very anthropomorphic, what with lists and special pleadings…
Do you have a superior explanation of personal existence, free will, the immense value of life, love and the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity? If so let’s have it…
This defense is absolutely inconsistant with claims of being the Moral absolute.
I don’t have an interpretation of God. Your religion does that for us. It tells us all about what God is and is not through the bible and it’s interpretation of it.Your interpretation of God is very anthropomorphic, what with lists and special pleadings…
Do you have a superior explanation of personal existence, free will, the immense value of life, love and the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity? If so let’s have it…
I’m not sure what you mean…
You and me both friend. Today is a particularly good example of my messing up an otherwise lovely day one step at a time. We all have these kind of times, I am sure. I just happen to be having more than usual lately. Here’s an example. I get a call from a lady I used to go to Mass with. She’s bawling on the phone, asking me to call the parish and get to “the bottom of this” problem she encountered at the rectory office today. Apparently she went to have a mass said for her mother on Mother’s Day, was ready with her ten dollars and requested the last mass time. They refused her. Yep. They said they are no longer doing this anymore for mother’s Day. Wanna know if I thought that was “Love”? I thought it stunk, that’s what. I got all worked up over how upset that made this nice old lady I wanted to punch someone.
If you don’t have any interpretation of God on what do you base your criticism?
The way it sounds to you is obviously just your opinion…
Why should I be bothered? God is not relative but absolute!
Let’s get back to my question about absolute morality. Does God possess it?
How is that related to the OP? You have completely ignored the points I have made and evaded my questions:
The OP is “Where does morality come from??”
I can’t imagine what this teacher is talking about. The catholic church does not believe the Christian God is under any laws, natural ones especially. Either the teacher is having a joke at the student’s expense, or the student misunderstood the point that was being made.One of my friends was in her ethics philosophy class yesterday and said that her teacher was talking about how there is a moral code that is “above” God and that God Himself follows. Then the teacher said that this is what the Catholic Church teaches…can anyone explain this philosophy to me and what does the Church actually teach about were morality comes from?? thanks for any help
What exactly do you mean by “a God that has absolute morality”? That is not a Christian doctrine…
I don’t understand what you mean by “Moral absolutes”. Do you mean moral values to which there are no exceptions? Or moral values which are objective, eternal and immutable?
Please specify which “Moral absolutes” God does not meet and why He does not meet them…
You don’t believe God has/is the Moral absolute(s)?
You don’t think the teacher could just be confused? You give teachers too much credit. It’s probably something to do with God’s will being ‘under’ the immutable law provided by God’s intellect, as I mentioned before. From a human perspective that tends to look like a constraint on God’s will. That’s my guess.
Do you believe that morality exists and, if it does, is it any more than whatever each individual thinks it is? If you don’t believe it exists then there isn’t much sense in looking for it.
Still waiting for the full list of morality so I can compare notes with the list and God’s actions. Remember- no special pleadings for God.
There are no moral absolutes? And God does not possess it?
No discussion is possible until you explain what you mean by “moral absolutes” …
I didn’t mention God in my post; I simply asked you a question. I asked whether you believed that morality even exists or if it is nothing more than what each individual believes it to be. This is pretty much a yes or no question: does morality exist?
