The Eight Commandments of Atheistic Ethics (better known as the 8 points of the 2010 Consensus Statement on morality) begins with the following: 1) Morality is a natural phenomenon and a cultural phenomenon Like language, sexuality, or music, morality emerges from the interaction of multiple psychological building blocks within each person, and from the interactions [...]

One of my favorite benefits of being a Christian, as opposed to an atheist, is having an abundance of clear, gutsy, and thoughtful summaries of our faith. There are about 13 major confessions in the Reformed faith alone, and countless other creeds and statements for more “generic” orthodox Christianity. Christians, as early as the second [...]

To speak specifically of human beings for the moment: any change that can affect a change in human consciousness would lead to a translation across the moral landscape. So changes to our genome, and changes to our economic systems — and changes occurring on any level in between that can affect human well-being for good [...]

Edge 325 (August 31st, 2010) essentially brought to the table a more sophisticated version of the relativistic view of morality promoted by Silverman at the debate this past Monday. The well-known atheist Sam Harris recently attempted to capture “the New Science of Morality.” We can look at the world, witnessing all of the diverse behaviors, [...]

Got an interesting email the other week: With the current issue of marriage being pushed into the fore front of social and political debate, I find myself struggling with what the Christian position should be with regard to how the State/Government should be involved in this. It seems like the social issue of homosexual marriage [...]

“Ethics deals with what is morally right and wrong. Christian Ethics deals with what is morally right and wrong for a Christian.” Norman Geisler. Christian Ethics: Options and Issues. Grand Rapids, MI. Baker Academic, 1989. Pg. 17. (All quotations and paraphrases in this post are from this source.) Let’s step carefully through Dr. Geisler’s statements. [...]

I promised a lot of you that I would let you know as soon as I did how the case came out.  Well, on a whim, I checked into the case today and it turns out that the decision was handed down this morning.  In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court sided with UC Hastings, [...]