Proposition: The highest place on the hierarchy of values is, by definition, what theists refer to as "God".
Even if this "God" is, instead, the "ultimate fictional character", as atheists might have it, this highest place on the hierarchy of values nevertheless exists.
Its existence gives we humans a commonality that is imprinted on our consciousness [disputes over the values-related nitty gritty, notwithstanding].
Thoughts?
@fmf saidSo far so good.
Proposition: The highest place on the hierarchy of values is, by definition, what theists refer to as "God".
Even if this "God" is, instead, the "ultimate fictional character", as atheists might have it, this highest place on the hierarchy of values nevertheless exists.
Its existence gives we humans a commonality that is imprinted on our consciousness [disputes over the values-related nitty gritty, notwithstanding].
Thoughts?
Even though the contradiction in conceptualizations exists in your second and third assertions.
I question the validity of a "hierarchy of values" based on the presumption of the existence, or non-existence, of the creator of moral values.
And while you may point to another cause for the "commonality" of values, it would have no greater validity than any other fiction one may think exists.
But it's true. There does in fact exist a hierarchy of values imprinted on our consciousness.
So now what?
