God created a morality independent of men
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This argument is used in the debate Does God exist?.
This argument is a “pro” argument in the debate Does God exist?.
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There is a moral law that cannot be explained by simple biology: human beings obey principles that do not correspond to their own interests, but to the Good. Instead of following their own immediate interest or pleasure, human beings can sacrifice themselves for others, protecting the sick or the elderly. These behaviors are part of a duty-to-be that does not correspond to any natural necessity. "Doing good" does not exist among animals. Man can extract himself from the natural given, from the struggle for survival, to imagine a "duty-to-be", a morality, a better world, which correspond to nothing in the natural world. This awareness of goodness and morality can only be explained by the fact that God has placed them within us.
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Moral values are relative to a given society -
Moral values evolve over time
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Moral values are human creations
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Moral values are the result of evolution
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Moral values attributed to God are only a projection of our mind
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Morals may differ among followers of the same religion
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Even the morals of a religion evolve as society evolves
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Events interpreted as divine punishment are not consistent with objective morality.
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The illusion of objective morality is just a tool of social control
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Morality independent of men does not prove the existence of God