Morality and God: Is there a connection
About a week ago I attended the debate between Eusebius McKaiser and Prof. John Lennox on the topic of Morality and God. I must say that I was a little perplexed with the discussion and I suspect this might have something to do with the fact that I have no training whatsoever in philosophy. So with that disclaimer, here is my opinion on the matter.
Firstly, it might be useful to read Mr. McKaiser’s comment on the topic here:
http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/on-that-point-eusebius-mckaiser-1.1754668#.VCaHi_mSzGJ
The one thing I found a interesting was the fact that both debaters stated that they believe in the concept of absolute, or maybe rather universal morality. From what I understand, the idea is that all people (or most people at least) follow the same basic set of moral standards. Everybody pretty much agrees that murder and rape is wrong, even though some would still choose to do so in-spite of this knowledge. The big question then becomes, why would this be the case? Why would humanity in general follow the same set of basic moral principles, and whether God has anything to do with this?
So for me the big question then revolves around the origin of moral principles.