Not to try to refute anything or spark debate, because that's not what I want, but, I gotta ask, if God is literally everywhere and everything, how can morality exist separate from Him? If God IS the universe, then wouldn't he be both good and evil and not be separate from them
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Morality is seperate from God, to me, because I believe that God knows good and evil, but has moved past anything close to human understanding and therefore accepts that good and evil are both necessary. While man, though he does evil, always feels bad for it happening. There is always (unless one happens to be deranged or sociopathic...even then perhaps these people go crazy from the guilt they feel?) a feeling of guilt over a wrongdoing no matter how slight
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Interesting, but I don't believe that mankind's nature is that of good. I've know lots of people in my life (not "known" as "in had relationships with" but known as "been associated with long enough to have an idea of what they're about"), and the majority of them wouldn't bat an eye at the suffering of others, or feel guilty about any of the things that they did that many people would label as evil.
Maybe it's a matter of different life experiences or different perspectives, but though I believe in the inherent goodness of every person, I believe that every person's nature is more inclined toward evil, as pessimistic or cynical as that may sound.
Hmmm, well if every person has an inherent sense of goodness (and this inherent sense to do right can override our natural instincts, something Lewis also talks about) but is by nature inclined towards evil, well good is a part of our nature as well
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Maybe it's a matter of different life experiences or different perspectives, but though I believe in the inherent goodness of every person, I believe that every person's nature is more inclined toward evil, as pessimistic or cynical as that may sound.
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