Questions about Craig and Sinnott-Armstrong Debate - Theist vs. Atheist - Please help?

Question

These questions are based on the "God and Objective Morality debate"

1. Explain Craig's reasons for believing that the objectivity of morality presupposes the existence of God.
2. Explain Sinnott-Armstrong's argument that Craig's thesis is false.
3. Who is right? Justify answer.

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

Who are Craig and Sinnott-Armstrong?

Objective morality is pretty easy to disprove, for the simple reason that there is no way to separate objective from subjective morality. Who gets to say which morals are absolute? By what rules or criteria? Which interpretation? What about special circumstances?

I think the onus of proof is on those claiming that objective morality exists to A) provide evidence that the objectivity or absoluteness of a moral can be determined, B) show by what criteria objectivity is determined, and C) be able to rule out differing interpretations of those supposedly absolute or objective morals. It should also be explained why either absolute morality should not change over time or taking into account the culture, or if it is flexible depending on the time and culture, the rules by which it changes over time.

I have a hard time seeing how any morality can rationally be called "objective." Simply saying "it's objective because says so" does not make it so, because different holy books say different things, and there are many different interpretations of each one, none of which having any special claim of authority over the others.

Answer 2

Only a fool would argue with a fool. (remenber that)