In this episode, Trent puts forward what he considers to be the most effective version of the moral argument for God's existence.

The Disgusting End of the Slippery Slopehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mGsr0leHrU

Mere Christianity and the Moral Argument for the Existence of God
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/cslewisjournal/vol11/iss1/5/

God and Cosmos: Moral Truth and Human Meaning
https://www.amazon.com/God-Cosmos-Moral-Truth-Meaning/dp/0199931216

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Timestamps:
0:00 – What the moral argument actually is
1:20 – C.S. Lewis and the reality of objective morality
3:30 – Atheist foundations: necessary truths or “brute facts”?
4:30 – Sam Harris: science, suffering, and moral facts
5:25 – When atheists can’t explain why something is wrong
7:54 – A better approach: moral puzzles that atheism struggles with
8:45 – Human dignity problems: abortion, infanticide, organ-farm babies
12:05 – Sexual ethics puzzles: incest, bestiality, necrophilia
19:05 – Evolution, moral realism, and why goodness points to God
23:40 – God as the source of moral law and final takeaway