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Do you think naturalism holds an adequate basis for ethical values? Explain.
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I do believe that there is merit in taking care of God’s creation, but I do not see advancing science as my purpose for life and decision-making. Sometimes I feel like people with this worldview are willing to sacrifice the smaller man for their scientific advances, which is kind of a lousy way to view the value of all men.
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No, In this view, if the community where Nazi’s are the majority, or where Sharia Law is seen as the highest ideal, ethics would then follow that killing Jews or that 74 lashes is an ethical punishment for a woman not covering her hair in public. Vastly different systems of Ethics totally contrary to others could exist in the world.
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No, because the don’t believe in God with the hope of everlasting life. They believe the their ethics are based on social groups, not God.
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No because it teaches the world came from nothing and does not believe in the existence of God.
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No, and Dr. Frank Turek’s “Stealing From God” explains this very well. If truth is relative and there is not objective morality, then the idea of morals and what an atheist lives by really does not have any true basis considering they have to live by their own moral standard.