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Interview I gave after my talk at West Midlands Faiths Forum last September (conference on the riots)

Glenn Peoples' moral argument for God

Glenn Peoples' blog has been interesting me lately. He has just out up his version of a moral argument for the existence of God. Glenn argues, as does Craig: If there's no God, there are no objective moral values. There are objective moral values Therefore there is a God. Of course, Glenn realizes his premises, especially the first premise, will require considerable support, so he makes his case for it here . Here's part of my comment on People's moral argument... Glenn – I’m tempted to start investigating your argument more but it would be really helpful if you could set out the argument more formally, so that the most basic premises supporting your conclusion are clearly identified. Make it very clear why there is objective moral value only if there is an all-powerful, all-good, personal God. E.g. why moral Platonism won’t do, for example. Why non-natural objective moral facts won’t do either. Why it’s got to be a person. Exactly how the is-ought gap plays a role in d...