Tag Archives: morality

Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris on ethics

Posted on April 6, 2019 by Mel Wild

While learning about Jordan Peterson, I’ve been fascinated with the discussions he’s had with Sam Harris, one of the so-called four horsemen of the New Atheists. There’s literally hours of those discussions on YouTube. In my estimation, these are, by … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Identity | Tagged Christianity, Ethics, Jesus, Jordan Peterson, morality, Religion and Spirituality, Sam Harris, Truth | 6 Comments

Jordan Peterson: the problem with atheist’s explanation of morality

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Mel Wild

Jordan Peterson has been a voice of clarity in a culture adrift in the morass of nihilistic subjectivism and identity confusion. In the following video clip he gives us a very informed and concise reason for the problem he has … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christianity, cut flowers culture, Dostoevsky, Jordan Peterson, morality, Nietzsche, Nihilism, Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality | 7 Comments

Hitler and what it means to be a (real) Christian

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Mel Wild

I thought the following comment was particularly good in answering the absurd notion that Hitler was a Christian. I’ve talked about this before here. But this comment comes from a post titled, “Dinner with Hitler and Other Moral Issues.” The … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics, Faith | Tagged Christianity, Discipleship, Following Jesus, Hitler, morality, Religion and Spirituality, transformation | 99 Comments

Do morals evolve?

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Mel Wild

I thought about this question in light of the discussion on my recent posts here, here, and here. It seems that naturalists and secularists want us to believe that our moral values come to us from our biology and these … Continue reading →

Posted in Freedom, Grace | Tagged Christianity, Culture, morality, Religion and Spirituality | 169 Comments

The myth of secular progress

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Mel Wild

I’m always amused whenever I hear the popular sentiment, “We’re better off now without religion” boasted by atheists/humanists as they point to prosperous and largely secular European countries today. The following conversation illustrates beautifully why I think this boast is … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Atheism, Christianity, Culture, David Bentley Hart, Ethics, Humanism, morality, Religion and Spirituality, Worldview | 72 Comments

Moral Realism

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Mel Wild

We’ve been looking at where our morality comes from (called “metaethics“). I’ve also shown what I believe to be the incoherence of subjectivism to provide us with any meaningful moral standard. Before I leave this subject I want to clear … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics | Tagged Christianity, Metaethics, Moral Realism, morality, Religion and Spirituality | 187 Comments

Why subjectivism fails

Posted on February 26, 2018 by Mel Wild

We’ve been talking about whether the foundation of morals are objective or subjective. We theists appeal to an objective standard, an overarching conscience, if you will, that inherently guides all healthy human beings. Naturalist and Materialists believe that morals come … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian apologetics | Tagged Abolition of Man, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Moral law, morality, Religion and Spirituality, Subjectivism | 273 Comments

The Moral Argument

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Mel Wild

We’ve had a lively discussion on morals in my last post, but it seems to have gotten off track, so I would like to focus in on what the point of my post actually was here (so it doesn’t get … Continue reading →