As a long-time subscriber, I am a big fan of your thinking and writing. In this case, however, I believe it is false to say, “All morality is completely arbitrary without God”. Ethics is, in fact, a science, as it is based on objectively identifiable facts. What people choose as their religious beliefs is just as arbitrary as what people choose as their non-religious beliefs. For a non-arbitrary code of morality, a person must objectively identify the facts of reality that lead to a scientifically derived code of morality. For a full explanation of how this works, I recommend reading and studying the following:
Amen, and amen!
Really well said. And always a pleasure to read someone praising the benefits that religion can bring to a country, rather just us, as individuals.
As a long-time subscriber, I am a big fan of your thinking and writing. In this case, however, I believe it is false to say, “All morality is completely arbitrary without God”. Ethics is, in fact, a science, as it is based on objectively identifiable facts. What people choose as their religious beliefs is just as arbitrary as what people choose as their non-religious beliefs. For a non-arbitrary code of morality, a person must objectively identify the facts of reality that lead to a scientifically derived code of morality. For a full explanation of how this works, I recommend reading and studying the following:
https://www.atlassociety.org/session/ayn-rand-the-objectivist-ethics
https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-objectivist-ethics/?nab=1