midniterider Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Anyway, I read the book and Lewis' argument is that because there is a universal sense of right and wrong, it must be instilled into us by god. That's all! Well, he's wrong all the way around. First, even his examples of morality aren't universal. About the only thing close to universal is that nearly -- nearly but not quite -- every society condemns murder. Every other moral issue is subjective. Second, since not killing each other is good for the species, even if we were all born without murderous tendencies, this would be the likely result of evolution. However, if God instilled this in people, there would be no born sociopaths, which clearly there are. Lewis must never have had children. Children are obviously savages until we train them not to be. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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