One of the strongest arguments for the existence of God, in my opinion, is the existence of an objective morality that isn’t exlainable non-theistically. Many have tried to create a measure of “good” without God, but it’s not too difficult to explore these efforts and see where they err either in the direction of :
a. subjective morality - whatever someone believes is good actually is good, genocidal maniacs are equivalent to the woman who bakes cookies for the orphanage
or
b. utilitarianism - things are good if they work in favor of the greatest number of people (or the strongest, or the smartest, etc.), which tends to make the disabled, the young, and the elderly rather disposable
or
c. selfishness - things are good if they favor me, forget everyone else (I can at least respect selfish people for being intellectually honest!)
I really honestly would like to hear from anyone who thinks they have a theory of morality that is objective, rational, and yet doesn’t require God. Please, someone!
