I believe there is a higher power, God. This God is all powerful and the creator of life. He is the one we must answer to on judgment day. However, believing in God does not mean a belief he is the creator of morality. Religions like to make God as the brains behind morality. Yet, this is not the case. Simply, God is the creator who shares his wisdom with man as we should be rather than the lawgiver.
For instance, some religions believe actions are good/bad because God commands that. By this, it is God that deems whether or not something is moral. People are then to live by God's laws and thus a Divine Command is established. But as Socrates points out, are actions good because God commands that, or that he commands them because they are good?
If the first part is true, God's commands become arbitrary. For one, God says we should not murder. But why? Because God said so? If that is the case, then God could have just as easily told us to murder. However, anyone,......

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Title: God In Ethics
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