All morality is derived from the oneness of God

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[–]knotsy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

should also have the intelligence to recognize that it is preferable to attribute this morality to deities as Machiavelli explained so clearly.

I will take a look at Machiavelli's "Discourses on Livy", and your essay and respond to them, but I have some reservations about this as follows:

If you accept the God of the Old Testament, I do not see any ontological reason to prefer this God to Zeus or Marduk, or any other creation deity. You reference the 'morality' of the Old Testament, so I assume you choose this religion on the basis of already agreeing with the morality - i.e. the morality was the in fact the thing you chose the deity based off of, and had philosophical justification for, rather than belief in the deity

It seems backwards to me, like a post-hoc attribution, but again, I will take a look at your references and consider them and get back to you.

[–]fschmidt 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you accept the God of the Old Testament, I do not see any ontological reason to prefer this God to Zeus or Marduk, or any other creation deity.

My ontology rejects Plato's concept of absolute truth (as does the Old Testament). I choose to believe those ideas that work most reliably. I choose the god of the Old Testament because this god has produced successful cultures and, unlike Zeus or Marduk, remains a functional idea in my time. Christianity and Islam believe in essentially the same god, so I can attend church or mosque and share a religious foundation with the people there.

You reference the 'morality' of the Old Testament, so I assume you choose this religion on the basis of already agreeing with the morality - i.e. the morality was the in fact the thing you chose the deity based off of, and had philosophical justification for.

Yes