Apologist Clinton Wilcox shares two iterations of the moral argument, which he believes help point us to the existence of God
Moral arguments (also called axiological arguments) are one of the major types of arguments to prove God’s existence. These types of arguments tend to reason from the fact morality is objectively recognisable and binding on all people at all times (eg it is always wrong to commit a murder, no matter what nation or time period you are born into), to there being something that ultimately grounds those moral facts. The moral argument does not prove the existence of God on its own. It is ordinarily used in a cumulative case for God’s existence, being one link in a chain with all the other arguments which serve as evidence for God’s existence.
The various categories of arguments tend to have several iterations, as different philosophers have developed different formulations of it. Possibly the most well-known philosopher who defends God’s existence is William Lane Craig, who has his own formulation of the argument. Another well-known iteration was by CS Lewis, who was not a philosopher but nevertheless is… (Register to read the rest of the article)
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