Good and Evil Are the Same For Everyone, Sermon by Fr. Paul Robinson, SSPX
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Fr. Paul Robinson discusses the nature of good and evil in relation to the existence of God and creation.
I was listening to a debate recently between an atheist and a theist. The theist was arguing that, if there is no God, then there is no objective good. It is impossible to say what is good and what is evil. The atheist replied by asking whether God was a person? And the answer was that, yes, God is a person. But then, said the atheist, if God is a person, then He is a subject. And so God definition of good and evil is merely subjective. This answer by the atheist completely fails to understand what it means for there to be a God Who creates us. It is true that God is a subject, but as Creator of our world, He makes an objective order for His creation. By His act of creation, God establishes for us what we are and what we are made for. This determines what is good and evil for us. For example, God created us to have physical bodies that need air, food, drink, and sleep. This makes it good for us to provide ourselves those things for the health of our bodies and evil for us to use them in an unhealthy way. Another example would be the institution of marriage. God created humans as male and female and gave them the capacity to bring forth children through their union and only in…
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