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Morality is not dependent on God and more letters to the editors

Morality is not dependent on God

In a recent Breakpoint column, the authors strongly imply that secular intellectuals are “blissfully unaware of what untethering the world from God would entail … . No longer could social norms like human rights, scientific progress or preference of kindness over cruelty be justified … .”

As one source asks, let’s consider the following moral judgments, which seem to be obviously true:

› It is wrong to drive people from their homes or to kill them because you want their land;

› It is wrong to enslave people;