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jlowder · 10-19-2002, 04:24 PM

Theists love to ask atheists why they should be moral even in cases where they know they can get away with doing some immoral. What they fail to notice is that that same question can be asked about God. And unlike any human amoralist, God as an omniscient being would have the ability to really know that he (God) would be getting away with immoral behavior.

Jeffery Jay Lowder

case · 10-20-2002, 05:12 AM

Well, according to most theists, this wouldn't even be necessary. God, having created morality in the first place, could just wave a magic wand and make something that was previously immoral moral. Amazingly, he can even make it so that it is only moral for him to do something, but not for anyone else. I have always had trouble with DCM Theory, and I can never quite grasp why theists have such a difficult time understanding why it creates so many problems.

10-19-2002, 04:24 PM	#1
jlowder Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: USA Posts: 274	Why should God be "moral" if morality conflicts with His self-interest? Theists love to ask atheists why they should be moral even in cases where they know they can get away with doing some immoral. What they fail to notice is that that same question can be asked about God. And unlike any human amoralist, God as an omniscient being would have the ability to really know that he (God) would be getting away with immoral behavior. Jeffery Jay Lowder

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10-20-2002, 05:12 AM	#2
case Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Missouri Posts: 420	Well, according to most theists, this wouldn't even be necessary. God, having created morality in the first place, could just wave a magic wand and make something that was previously immoral moral. Amazingly, he can even make it so that it is only moral for him to do something, but not for anyone else. I have always had trouble with DCM Theory, and I can never quite grasp why theists have such a difficult time understanding why it creates so many problems.

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