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Is Goodness Without God Good Enough? A Debate on Faith, Secularism, and Ethics is unavailable, but you can change that!

Morality and religion: intimately wed, violently opposed, or something else? Discussion of this issue appears in pop culture, the academy, and the media—often generating radically opposed views. At one end of the spectrum are those who think that unless God exists, ethics is unfounded and the moral life is unmotivated. At the other end are those who think that religious belief is unnecessary...

morality, where do you turn? Ever since the Renaissance, humanism has been developing answers to the questions of morality. Humanists believe that happiness here and now is our basic good—not salvation in the afterlife. This life is not simply a preparation for some future eternal state. It is intrinsically good in itself. And as a result, we should strive for creative joy, actualizing our potentialities, realizing excellence. “What is the meaning of life,” ask the theists such as Dr. Craig, “if
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