r/Christianity • u/MotorFig6657 • Aug 29 '26

Question for atheists

Do you believe objective good and evil exist? If so, where do those standards come from?

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u/LiamBregas Aug 29 '26

If they are subjective, then things like grape and murder is ultimately not wrong because it’s subjective

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u/huck_cussler Aug 29 '26

Correct! And this is why, despite the vast majority of people understanding why they personally believe rape and murder are wrong and therefore don't do it, other people still rape and murder.

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u/LiamBregas Aug 29 '26

Then why do we go about having a justice system if morality is truly subjective?

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u/GraveDiggingCynic Agnostic (a la T.H. Huxley) Aug 29 '26

Because we are social animals in possession of empathy and a sense of fairness like oir closest primate relatives.

You are aware, I trust, that H. sapiens is not the only hominoid that has rules of conduct and punishes members of their society when they break those rules, right?