RamistThomist
Puritanboard Clerk
Is the fact that unbelievers or self-proclaimed atheists instinctively KNOW that stealing, murder, etc. is wrong not prove #3? If we say no to this question, are we not admitting the logical conclusion of atheism--that our laws (derived from our morals) are merely conventions?
Well, it depends on which version of natural law you are referring. Is it simply the fact that unbelievers know x is wrong, or is it also the fact that you can, apart from the Bible, meet unbelievers in the public square with an equally discernible set of data on which to construct a social ethic?