What Is Morality, and is it Absolute?

Right Divider said:

I think that most people would have a better general definition of God in their minds than life. That's obviously just my opinion. That's why I prefer to refer to God as the standard for morality rather than life is the standard for morality.

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But one of the main points of argument around here is the definition of God, whether He is omnipresent or not, or omniscient or not. Whether He decrees all things or not. Whether He is impassible and immutable.

Right Divider said:

No argument with that.

Physical life, indeed, is temporary. We Christians believe that when God creates us, that He gives us more then just physical life.

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Sure. He gives us much more than life. He gives us rationality, as @Clete has pointed out, not to mention things like language, clothing, family, etc.

But if we put the word "physical" before life, then we change the definition of "life" to something that never ends, in which case people do have difficulty understanding morality. The things that end what you call physical life are not the same things that end spiritual life, and therefore morals can become arbitrary.

Derf said:

But one of the main points of argument around here is the definition of God, whether He is omnipresent or not, or omniscient or not. Whether He decrees all things or not. Whether He is impassible and immutable.

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Thanks Mr. Insightful

Derf said:

Sure. He gives us much more than life. He gives us rationality, as @Clete has pointed out, not to mention things like language, clothing, family, etc.

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Again, your insights are just amazing.

Derf said:

But if we put the word "physical" before life, then we change the definition of "life" to something that never ends, in which case people do have difficulty understanding morality.

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I cannot follow your "logic". Perhaps you have none.

Derf said:

The things that end what you call physical life are not the same things that end spiritual life, and therefore morals can become arbitrary.

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