Prologue

Argument

Ravi’s version is much more simple to understand. It can goes this way:

1. There was a car accident on the street
2. In a city, it is wrong to drive on the red light
3. If it’s wrong to drive on the red light, then it’s right to drive on the green light
4. If there’s such distinction between both, then it must have a law that is applied (Code of penalty)
5. If there’s a law, someone made that law (government)

The same principle can be applied for the case of God (as the Law giver to our conscience that distinct between good & evil).

“My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?” ¹
C.S. Lewis

If God does not exist, objective moral values and duties do not exist.

It’s like saying: coming from the United States, if Canada don’t exists, then there’s no right or wrong way to go there since there’s no absolute point of reference in time & space.

“For when the Gentiles who do not have the law by nature observe the prescriptions of the law, they are a law for themselves even though they do not have the law. They show that the demands of the law are written in their hearts, (…)”
Romans 2:14-15

Atheists can be good & moral people without the belief in God. But nobody can claim objective good or bad without the existence of God as a standard of reference. If there’s no destination, there’s no way to tell that someone is in the wrong direction. Without a goal, we can’t tell if someone is on the right path or not. Someone can still do good things, but to affirm that as good, we must have a standard of perfection to measure it.

I can always end up to the city of Rome if I get lost, with or without guidance. But I can never access Rome if the city don’t exist, thus any roads are equivalently plausible.

Let’s say I travel to a foreign country. There are specific laws & matters which I could probably never figure out because it’s culturally-oriented. However, I know that in no circumstances, I am allow to murder, steal or lie. These are universal principles applicable for any time, any race, gender, religion, etc.

Objective moral values and duties do exist.

Atheists always complain how God is evil (especially in the Old Testament). Is that an objective true? Or simple an opinion? If it’s only an opinion, why should anybody care at all? Unless it is objective, then we have good grounds to affirm that someone is truly wrong in their moral decision.

Let’s take Christian morality for the sake of example. It is wrong to…

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Morality isn’t only dictated by preferences. Human being has an intrinsic sense of moral duty to do good & avoid evil.

Argument from disagreement:

Just because facts exists, doesn’t mean everybody will be ready to accept them.

Therefore, God exists.