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Confusing Moral Utility With Moral Creation
Are moral laws simply a product of cultural utility and sociocultural evolution? As a skeptic, I used to think so. I believed moral laws evolved along with the species. Humans who accepted certain...
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Did a Concern for the Species Influence Our Moral Development?
Can sociocultural evolution account for the formation of moral truth? I’ve heard this claim repeatedly in discussions with non-believers, and I also accepted this notion for many years: Ancient humans...
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Unbelievable? Two Reasons Why Some People Reject the Reliability of the Gospels
During my recent interview on Unbelievable? with Justin Brierley (airing tomorrow, Saturday, August 24th2013), I responded to the objections of two atheists who rejected the reliability of the Gospel...
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The Inevitable Consequence of An Atheistic Worldview
Several weeks ago, a gentleman (we’ll call him “John”) replied to a blog I posted at CrossExamined.org. As a skeptical non-believer, John wasn’t responding to what I had posted, but to fellow atheists...
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God Didn’t Create Moral Law, It’s Simply a Reflection of His Character
Moral truths are malleable and subjective if they aren’t grounded in a transcendent source (such as God). I’m not the only person to realize this; even honest atheists recognize the inconsistency of...
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What Criminal Trials Teach Us About Objective Moral Truth
I’ve been involved in numerous criminal trials over the years, most involving cold-case murderers. In many of these cases, the outcome was influenced (in large part) by activity outside the presence of...
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How Selflessness Points Most Reasonably to the Christian God
As an atheist I affirmed the value of selflessness. Most cultures find this attribute similarly attractive and virtuous. People who put themselves before others are typically scorned, regardless of...
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Objective Truth Is One Thing, But Objective Moral Truth Is Another
I get the opportunity to train church groups all the time and I relish the chance to talk about the nature of truth. Brett Kunkle and I have been taking a similar approach in this training, offering a...
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Are Moral Truths Simply Brute Facts About the Universe?
In my new book, God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-Case Detective Examines the Evidence for A Divinely Created Universe, I describe eight pieces of evidence “in the room” of the natural universe and ask a...
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Are Moral Truths An Illusion?
In my new book, God’s Crime Scene: A Cold-Case Detective Examines the Evidence for A Divinely Created Universe, I describe eight pieces of evidence “in the room” of the natural universe and ask a...
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The Power of “Nice” and the Importance of “Good”
“Why are you always involved in these missions trips to other religious groups?” Claire’s mother stopped me after a Sunday youth service and pulled me aside. I’ll never forget our conversation. Her...
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Three M’s That Naturalism Can’t Provide
Everyone has a worldview; all of us experience and interpret the world through a collection of beliefs that guide our understanding. As an atheist, I accounted for my experiences through the lens of...
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If Moral Decisions Are Dependent on Circumstances, Are There No Objective...
When teaching the difference between objective and subjective truth claims to groups across the country, the issue of moral truth is often an area of confusion. Are there any objective moral absolutes?...
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Are Objective Moral Truths Merely a Matter of Cultural Agreement?
Many atheists I know will readily acknowledge the existence of transcendent, objective moral laws. In my last post, I described several of these objective moral absolutes by simply adding the short...
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Is “Right” and “Wrong” Simply a Matter of “Human Flourishing”?
When it comes to moral truth, where do we get our notions of right and wrong? Can we generate binding, obligatory concepts without grounding them in the nature of a Holy God? As an atheist, I thought...
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Are Moral Truths Encoded in Our DNA?
How do we arrive at transcendent, objective moral truths like, “It’s never OK to torture babies for fun” or (my new favorite from a blog reader) “It’s never OK to torture non-believers just because you...
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The Self-Evident Nature of Objective Moral Truths
I occasionally encounter someone who rejects the existence of objective, transcendent moral truths. For many people, all moral truth is merely perspectival; a matter of flexible, cultural convention....
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I regularly teach high school students the nature of truth and the distinction between objective and subjective truth claims. This includes a discussion related to the nature of moral truth. While most...
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Unbelievable? Two Reasons Why Some People Reject the Reliability of the Gospels
During an interview on Unbelievable? with Justin Brierley, I responded to the objections of two atheists who rejected the reliability of the Gospel accounts on the basis of apparent contradictions with...
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Why the University of Miami’s Chair for Atheism Confirms the Existence of God
Two years ago, the University of Miami established the Appignani Foundation Chair for the Study of Atheism, Humanism, and Secular Ethics. It is the first of its kind, filled this year by a former...
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