The Moral Madness of Atheism

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In this episode, Trent puts forward what he considers to be the most effective version of the moral argument for God's existence. The Disgusting End of the Slippery Slopehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mGsr0leHrU Mere Christianity and the Moral Argument for the Existence of God https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cslewisjournal/vol11/iss1/5/ God and Cosmos: Moral Truth and Human Meaning https://www.amazon.com/God-Cosmos-Moral-Truth-Meaning/dp/0199931216 To support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/counseloftrent [NEW] Counsel of Trent merch: https://shop.catholic.com/apologists-alley/trent-horn-resources/ Be sure to keep up with our socials! https://www.tiktok.com/@counseloftrent https://www.twitter.com/counseloftrent https://www.instagram.com/counseloftrentpodcast COUNSEL OF TRENT CONFERENCE: https://www.conferenceoftrent.com NEW BOOK: "Salvation is From the Catholic Church" https://shop.catholic.com/salvation-is-from-the-catholic-church/ Timestamps: 0:00 – What the moral argument actually is 1:20 – C.S. Lewis and the reality of objective morality 3:30 – Atheist foundations: necessary truths or “brute facts”? 4:30 – Sam Harris: science, suffering, and moral facts 5:25 – When atheists can’t explain why something is wrong 7:54 – A better approach: moral puzzles that atheism struggles with 8:45 – Human dignity problems: abortion, infanticide, organ-farm babies 12:05 – Sexual ethics puzzles: incest, bestiality, necrophilia 19:05 – Evolution, moral realism, and why goodness points to God 23:40 – God as the source of moral law and final takeaway