Now you're going from eloquent but erroneous...to a bit of an asshole. I don't agree with your well-worded explanations regarding human behavior and morality. There are elements of truth in a good portion of your reasoning, however, I find what you base it all upon to be fundamentally flawed. This flaw keeps your…

I disagree.

I honestly appreciate he discussion. I think it is very healthy. I also think that we are approaching the same question with two very different view points, for where you see things in one light, I see them on another. We both feel the other is mistaken on a fundamental level, hence the antiquity of the argument,…

well, I don't think he is wrong. Also cursory inspections are sloppy, and what you feel to be airtight counter arguments, I see as missing the point. People CAN make their own moral code....just not THE moral code. I would like to think we are evolving as a society where we can adhere more closely to the true moral…

CS Lewis does in fact directly answer this specific question all well as several other anticipated responses to the premise. The poster above simplified his quote, which was arguing for a moral code or a 'law' governing how we ought to act that is more than a herd instinct. Lewis' statements in 'Mere Christianity'…

Wow, written like a 5 year old with a concept of God suitable for a child of 3. Airtight baby!

Agreed!

Did I notice? Only in as much as I sat in unnamed dread, waiting for this tired, tattered argument to again be dragged forth. This needs to be accepted as fact, and then dropped. Maybe in an alternate universe things may have been different. In this reality I'm afraid it is locked for as long as English remains.