The thing about morality, is that there is technically no universal, objective morality. An easy example were the Aztecs. They had believed that practicing human sacrifice was a perfectly moral and rational thing to do to appease their deities. Morality depends on where your born in the world and what beliefs are taught. But usually whether something is moral or not depends on whether we would like something done to us the way we do things unto others.
The creator is the adjudicator of morality. I do agree that often times where we r from plays a huge part in our moral compass. I also believe the creator gives us some natural inclinations towards right and wrong. The more developed our God consciousness is the closer to correctness we become. The further away the more savage.
You failed to make an important distinction between moral relativism as a descriptive observation about human moral behavior, and moral relativism as a prescriptive standard for moral behavior. There's no arguing that moral standards differ between individuals and societies at large, it is an observable fact. Even as an "anti-theist" myself, this is what I mean when I use the term 'moral relativism'. Moral relativism as a prescription, or "ideology" as you call it on the other hand, is different. In my opinion it's nothing but a coward's way out of not taking moral responsibility for problems in society, and is commonly seen among teenagers and people who never grow up. Societies built on such a principle would inevitably collapse, and very quickly. The naturalistic view of morality is that it is a biological survival trait. In humans and other primates alike, moral behavior is universal yet takes many different forms depending on cultural context. In this view, a deity is not necessary to explain consistent moral behavior. Without it, we would simply not survive or otherwise not be the social animals we are today.
FACTS 100%. The Qur'an talks about receiving the Clear Signs of the truth. Jesus, the messenger of ALLAH, said , I'm paraphrasing, if you don't believe the words I say of the existence of GOD, LOOK AROUND YOU. Look into the celestial, the land and sea. ASA.
100% disagree. What's interesting is there have been atheist academics who were major scientist who set out to discredit islam and ended up becoming muslim based on research. The truth couldn't be denied.
The thing about morality, is that there is technically no universal, objective morality. An easy example were the Aztecs. They had believed that practicing human sacrifice was a perfectly moral and rational thing to do to appease their deities. Morality depends on where your born in the world and what beliefs are taught. But usually whether something is moral or not depends on whether we would like something done to us the way we do things unto others.
The creator is the adjudicator of morality. I do agree that often times where we r from plays a huge part in our moral compass. I also believe the creator gives us some natural inclinations towards right and wrong. The more developed our God consciousness is the closer to correctness we become. The further away the more savage.
You failed to make an important distinction between moral relativism as a descriptive observation about human moral behavior, and moral relativism as a prescriptive standard for moral behavior.
There's no arguing that moral standards differ between individuals and societies at large, it is an observable fact. Even as an "anti-theist" myself, this is what I mean when I use the term 'moral relativism'.
Moral relativism as a prescription, or "ideology" as you call it on the other hand, is different. In my opinion it's nothing but a coward's way out of not taking moral responsibility for problems in society, and is commonly seen among teenagers and people who never grow up. Societies built on such a principle would inevitably collapse, and very quickly.
The naturalistic view of morality is that it is a biological survival trait. In humans and other primates alike, moral behavior is universal yet takes many different forms depending on cultural context. In this view, a deity is not necessary to explain consistent moral behavior. Without it, we would simply not survive or otherwise not be the social animals we are today.
FACTS 100%. The Qur'an talks about receiving the Clear Signs of the truth. Jesus, the messenger of ALLAH, said , I'm paraphrasing, if you don't believe the words I say of the existence of GOD, LOOK AROUND YOU. Look into the celestial, the land and sea. ASA.
Moral relativism isn't antitheist, nor unislamic.
Islam is a social construct, and moral relativism does not address the existence of a god.
100% disagree. What's interesting is there have been atheist academics who were major scientist who set out to discredit islam and ended up becoming muslim based on research. The truth couldn't be denied.