re: Stunning Admission By Renowned Atheist; Decline of Christianity is Hurting Society

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I hate to break it to you, but this is the case with or without belief in God.

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Not so.

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That is the human condition, and is evident in any instance of corruption or counter-action within a church.

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The human condition is sinful. Sin is lack of conformity to God's law. God's law is the standard for morality.

You don't judge a framework by those who violate it. I have a basis to condemn sin because I know what the standard is that defines what sin is.

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What of the "morality" of pre-Christian societies like the Greeks and Romans?

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What of them? They were sinful like all other societies yet had no basis for moral truth due to their professed beliefs.

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What of the evolution of Christian "morality" over 2000 years.

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What evolution? The Bible is the standard of Christian morality and it hasn't changed over 2,000 years. The standard is still there, regardless of how the actions of Christians have changed over that period of time. We still have a basis to condemn the sins of Christians.

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What about Judean morality? And the difference in morality of the Judean God and the Christian God, when they are the same?

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The 10 commandments are the summary of God's moral law, which Jesus further summarized by loving God and loving each other. The moral standard is the same between the old testament and the new testament. What has changed was the application of the moral law in the civil life of Israel vs. the Church and the ceremonial law of Israel vs. the work of Christ on the cross. The moral law--which the other two forms of law proceed from--comes from God's very character, which is eternal and unchanging.