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Atheists must appeal to an absolute moral standard when complaining about wrongs.

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ringo
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10-21-2019 12:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Christian7
10-20-2019 6:31 PM

Gospel Preacher writes:
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If, as atheists claim, morality is relative, then by definition there is no absolute standard of right and wrong. Thus, atheists have no basis for complaining about moral wrongs, because they cannot appeal to anything to prove that it is wrong.
We can appeal to societal standards.
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10-24-2019 11:53 AM 		Reply to: Message 51 by GDR
10-24-2019 12:11 AM

GDR writes:
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The original act was moral because of the intent to "help" but the outcome was one of "harm".
Which illustrates why any attempt at "absolute moral standards" is nonsensical.
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