Can you Scientifically Test Morals?
In the article, Do We Need Religion for Morality? the author states:
Richard Dawkins says no. “We don’t need to get morals from our religions … We don’t want to find morals from the holy books. We can have our own enlightened secular values.”
We do need God, however, to account for the existence of morals.
Why? Explain that.
Evolution - no natural process - can do that.
Oh, look, we’re back at our old argument from ignorance/god of the gaps. You’re like a broken record, sweetheart.
Morals are immaterial, universal values. They aren’t physical things so science can’t study them and natural processes can’t explain them.
You know hoe idiotic that sounds right? Science can’t study immaterial things? Ever heard of sociology, psychology, philosophy, humanities?
There’s no mechanism in nature or evolutionionary theory to explain the nature or existence of morality.
Sure there is. For anyone who understands evolutionary science it’s a pretty small step to understanding how morality played a role in the development of society. Sam Harris has some great pieces on that. However, it of course doesn’t matter is evolutionary theory can explain anything or even if it’s true, it doesn’t make a lick of difference concerning your absurd belief that there’s a magical sky daddy granting wishes and imparting morality upon us.
Spot on.
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