Quotes about Ethics

Atheists seem to exercise their reductionistic tendencies selectively. If religion stands in the way of saving people, these people have infinite worth. But if the scientist stands in the way of preserving human life, the embryo is "nothing more than a dot.

Seeking new sensations while violating the sacred first desecrates the self and finally destroys the sensation.

You see, when the skeptic asks why God did not fashion us so that we would only choose good, he or she completely misses—drastically misses—what goodness is in God's eyes. Goodness is not an effect.

A society that hates laws that guard the soul despises not so much the laws as much as it despises the very thought of a soul. Those who belong to such a society consider the flesh the totality of their being.

If the loss of shame was the child of secularization, the loss of reason is the child of pluralization.

Morality can build pride as well as philanthropy; true spirituality will never submit to pride.

If atheism is correct, his nauseating list from genocide to infanticide does not describe God's character but the people who claim to believe in God.

And in our search for morality and happiness outside of God, we have effectively lost all three—God, morality, and happiness.

Violation of the sacred in the pursuit of happiness is not truly a source of happiness. In fact, it kills happiness because it can run roughshod over many a victim.

Even though we did not author creation, we wish to author morality and take the reins of life.

Doing and saying the right thing are not sufficient. Doing the right thing IN THE RIGHT WAY and with the person's comfort in mind is critical.

Antitheism provides every reason to be immoral and is bereft of any objective point of reference with which to condemn any choice.