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      • No, people cannot be good without the existence of God. Removing God and His creating us in His image undermines our ability to judge certain actions as “good” or “evil.”
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  2. Aug 14, 2020 · Yes, people can be “good” without believing in God. First, we need to make sure we are simply talking about someone demonstrating good moral behaviors. Scripture is clear that none of us is good enough to merit salvation or earn our way into heaven (Psalm 14:1-3, Romans 3:10-12, Ephesians 2:8-9).

  3. Nov 19, 2019 · James McGlothlin. Professor, Bethlehem College and Seminary. ABSTRACT: The apparent goodness of non-Christians can sometimes confuse Christians. Is this apparent goodness actual goodness — and if so, how does it fit with the Bible’s teaching that, apart from God, “no one does good”?

  4. Thus, we cannot truly be good without God. On the other hand, if we do believe that moral values and duties are objective, that provides moral grounds for believing in God. Consider, then, the hypothesis that God exists.

  5. Apr 27, 2019 · Jesus Christ challenged this world’s estimation of goodness when He said, “None is good, save one, that is, God” (Luke 18:19). This is the plain teaching of scripture: we are not good, nor can we become good through our own efforts. God alone is absolutely, completely, forever good (Psalm 119:68).

  6. Mar 17, 2015 · 1. The biblical basis for man ‘doing’ or ‘wanting’ to do or be ‘good’ is actually Genesis chapter 3. By ‘eating’ from the tree of the knowledge of god and evil, man was effectively deciding to be his own source for or of righteousness.

  7. Without God, these atheists thinkers say, we have no reason to believe that moral obligations are anything other than empty figments of the brain’s imagination. Their thinking is sort of summed up in a classic one liner in the novel, The Brothers Karamazov, ‘if God is dead, all is permitted’.

  8. Apr 21, 2021 · Atheists’ argument that goodness and moral standards can exist without God does not hold up. If there’s no God, people don’t live after death and aren’t held accountable for their actions, good or evil.

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