Atheist Says God Not Necessary For Morality To Exist (Biblical Thinker Responds)

 On social media an atheist was debating a Christian, making the argument that God is not necessary for morality to exist.  He laid out his case as follows.  In World A God does exist, and in World B God does not exist. The atheist asked the Christian, in World A if someone throws a baby off a building is it wrong?  The Christian answered yes.  The atheist then asked the Christian, in World B if someone throws a baby off a building is it wrong?  The Christian responded yes again.  The atheist then concluded that he had proven morality does exist without God.  

Did the atheist really prove his case?  No, not at all.  The Christian should have answered the question about World B as no.  Because in a world where God does not exist it is not wrong to throw a baby off a building.  Without God there is no basis for the concepts of right and wrong.  By what standard could the atheist even determine that throwing a baby off a building is wrong?  Without God there is no ultimate and final authority.  You would be left with nothing more than one opinion versus another opinion.  

If humans just somehow happened, if humans are just chemicals reacting, and if humans just cease to exist when they die, then nothing really matters anyway because humans would have no value.  The only consistent response for an atheist to anything that happens, including throwing a baby off a building, is so what?  

When an atheist thinks throwing a baby off a building is wrong he is actually borrowing from the Christian worldview.  The atheist cannot escape the fact that he is made in the image of God and must live in God's world.  He cannot consistently live out his own worldview.  A baby matters and has value because he was created by God in his image.  Throwing a baby off a building is wrong because it is a violation of God's law and character. 

Love Is Love (Biblical Thinker Responds)

Love is love is a favorite phrase of the LGBTQ community meant to normalize and legitimize homosexuality.  They seek to persuade people that homosexual relationships are the same as heterosexual relationships.  The worldview behind love is love assumes human autonomy (self rule).  In other words love is whatever you decide it is.  But humans are not the ultimate and final authority.  God is the ultimate and final authority who defines love, as well as right and wrong.  

(Genesis 1:1)"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." (ESV) 

God is the Creator and everything else is creation.  Therefore God is the ultimate and final authority.  We must maintain the Creator/creature distinction.  If we do not our thought and our life will end up being wrong. 

God considers homosexuality to be an abomination (Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13), unnatural (Romans 1:26-27), and says those who practice homosexuality will not inherit the kingdom of God (1 Corinthians 6:9-10).  

God hates homosexuality, it is contrary to nature and a violation of his creative design. Those who practice homosexuality are on the road to hell, not heaven.  

(1 Corinthians 13:6)"it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth." (ESV) 

The Word of God says that love does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.  Those living and promoting the homosexual lifestyle do the exact opposite.  They rejoice at wrongdoing and reject the truth.  

(Romans 12:9)"Let love be genuine.  Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good." (ESV) 

Homosexuality is rebellion against God, therefore it is evil.  We should abhor homosexuality while loving the people involved in it.  The homosexual lifestyle is not rooted in love, it is sin against God.  Love is never opposed to God, instead it honors and obeys him.  

(John 3:16)"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." (ESV) 

Homosexuals need to repent of their sin and turn to Christ for salvation.  This is the message of true love.