Straggler writes: So why do you think an absolute objective morality exists at all? |
because it exists with God. As the creator and life giver, he is the ultimate power of authority and therefore has the legal right to impose whatever morality he sees fit.
Straggler writes: And who decides what is love? |
because love is Gods dominant quality, he becomes the standard for what love is. Paul gave a brief summary of what love is:
1Cor 14:4 Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, 5 does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of the injury. 6 It does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. 7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
Straggler writes: Then why do you keep preaching morality (rape, genocide etc.etc.) on he basis of what is culturally acceptable at any given time? |
rape is against Gods law in the bible, the soldiers of isreal were not raping captive women... the warfare that occurred in Isreal in bible times was always for the sake of righteousness and justice. when children die as a result of war its not because God thought it would be good to kill children, but because the leaders and family heads of those nations chose to go to war out of rebellion and hatred. Its not genocide though, not when God makes the way out for those who want it and those who seek it.