Comments on: The “best” without God http://academicfreedomblog.org/2007/08/07/the-best-without-god/ An opportunity to discuss the interface of faith, science, and culture Sun, 20 May 2012 12:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Steven Carr http://academicfreedomblog.org/2007/08/07/the-best-without-god/#comment-462 Steven Carr Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:19:37 +0000 http://academicfreedomblog.org/2007/08/07/the-best-without-god/#comment-462 '“A man who has no assured and ever-present belief in the existence of a personal God, or of a future existence with retribution and reward, can have for his rule of life as far as I can see, only to follow those impulses and instincts which seem to him the best ones.”' Christians know that while some of their impulses and instincts seem donwright immoral to them at first, God has actually said that they are moral. And who are they to criticise God for saying that things are moral that they personally believe are immoral? ‘“A man who has no assured and ever-present belief in the existence of a personal God, or of a future existence with retribution and reward, can have for his rule of life as far as I can see, only to follow those impulses and instincts which seem to him the best ones.”’

Christians know that while some of their impulses and instincts seem donwright immoral to them at first, God has actually said that they are moral.

And who are they to criticise God for saying that things are moral that they personally believe are immoral?

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