If We Can’t Impose a Moral Standard from One Period of Time on Another, How Does That Affect the Moral Argument?
#STRask — Stand to ReasonIf We Can’t Impose a Moral Standard from One Period of Time on Another, How Does That Affect the Moral Argument?
January 29, 2024
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Questions about how one can use the moral argument and also say we can’t impose a moral standard from one period of time on another and responding to someone who says she would never follow a God who killed his own son.
* If you say we can’t impose a moral standard from one period of time on another, then how does the moral argument fit into this way of thinking?
* How would you respond to someone who says she would never follow a God who killed his own son?
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