The Bible Difficulties and Answers Podcast

Sunday Series-Episode 14: Why Our Conscience Points to God: The Case for Objective Morality

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Episode 14 examines pages 79–84 of J. Steve Miller's Faith That's Not Blind, arguing that our strong sense of objective right and wrong—illustrated by Kant, Romans 2, and modern thinkers—best fits a theistic lawgiver rather than naturalistic evolution. Lance Smith walks through Miller's use of intuition, Alvin Plantinga-style inference, and William Lane Craig's moral argument.

The episode contrasts naturalism's inability to ground objective morals with theism's explanation rooted in God's unchanging nature, referencing examples from history and scripture (Psalm 19) to explain why our moral experience points beyond mere survival instincts.

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  1. Miller, J. S. (2016). Faith That’s Not Blind: A Practical Guide to Evaluating Spiritual Beliefs. Wisdom Creek Press. Available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/gTR0odd 
  2. Lewis, C. S. (1952). Mere Christianity. Geoffrey Bles.
  3. Rosenberg, A. (2011). The Atheist’s Guide to Reality: Enjoying Life without Illusions. W. W. Norton & Company.
  4. Moral Arguments for the Existence of God. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/moral-arguments-god/ 
  5. Reasonable Faith Animated Video on the Moral Argument. Available at: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/moral 
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