Philosophical Musings

Philosophical Musings

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Evidence for the Creator: Entropy

 The law that entropy increases—the Second Law of Thermodynamics—holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. — Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington

'Entropy' broadly means tending towards chaos constantly. ~Sid Sriram

The most obvious, proven, repeatable scientific principle is that of entropy. EVERYTHING in the universe increases in randomness and chaos, not order and complexity. Another force must act upon matter to put it in order. It does not happen by chance.

Entropy is simply the observable reality that all things tend towards randomness, unless acted upon by an intelligent, ordered force. Even things put into ordered complexity will decay into random disorder, if not maintained by an orderly force.

The origin of the universe had to have an ordered, intelligent force to begin. In a godless universe, all matter, order, and complexity we see now would have dissipated into random equilibrium.. cold, dead, lifeless matter, expanding eternally through infinite space and darkness. All stars would have burnt out eons ago, and planets, systems, and galaxies would be drifting endlessly.. no order.. no life.. only random chaos dissipating any semblance of order. There is NOTHING to 'arrange' the universe into galactic order, in a godless universe.

Life would be impossible, in a godless universe of eternal entropy. The complexity of living things, the blueprint of their design, and the visible order of the universe providing an island of ecosystem, in a harsh, lifeless universe, flies in the face of every natural law, which would have left everything cold, dark, and dissipated. The stars, orbits, galaxies, and EVERYTHING orderly in the universe cannot be explained by natural processes. What, (or more precisely, Who), overcame the universal, dissipating force of entropy, and ordered this universe into a small dot of livable possibility? The amazing complexity of life becomes absudly impossible, without an Intelligent Designer to order these things.

The Creation model explains entropy, cosmology, and the beginnings of life very well, and is congruent with the facts. Atheistic naturalism has no mechanism to overcome entropy, to either create life (abiogenesis), increase complexity (universal common ancestry), or cosmic origins (big bang). The obvious HUGE problem of Entropy, as a dissipating force in the universe, is ignored, for some magical, wishful thinking process, that is not defined, observed, or subject to scientific inquiry.

..neither atoms, nor compounds, nor chemical reactions are immune from the effects of entropy. Entropy rules, in our universe, with an iron fist. Nobody and nothing can escape its reach, and the simple fact of universal entropy makes the big bang, abiogenesis, and common ancestry impossible. There is nothing and nobody, in a godless universe, to 'create' order from randomness and chaos. There is nothing and nobody to 'create' life, and the amazing complexity and diversity we observe. ONLY an Intelligent Designer, with Extra-Natural Ability, could have ordered the universe, winding down, as it is, under the inescapable effects of Entropy.

"..if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation." — Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Symptoms of Progressive Indoctrination

 

Progressivism is not new. It is an ages old ideology, repackaged, named euphemistically, and driven into the citizenry through State sponsored propaganda.


Here are a few of the symptoms of progressive Indoctrination. It has not only infected academia, and other left wing ideologues, but is rampant in conservative circles, Republicans, and church people.

Declared Truth. Scientific methodology, due process, Reason, and any systematic examination of facts is rejected in favor of declared, or mandated Truth. It is not truth, of course, but carefully spun lies, driven into the gullible masses by dedicated ideologues and a constant, unwavering propaganda stream.

Censorship. Reasoned discourse, debate, and open examination is forbidden, among progressive indoctrinees, in favor of memorized dogma. Any.. ANY.. who depart the Approved Tenets of belief are bullied, censored, attacked viciously, and castigated with smears, like 'Hater!' 'Denier!', etc. Censorship is widely used to protect the Official Belief System, and prevent doubt among the faithful.

Hatred. Any outliers from the progressive status quo are viciously attcked, and caricaturized as irrational, unscientific fools. It is used to intimidate the faithful, as a warning: Do not leave the Fold. To be part of The Group, loyalty is required. Any questioning of the belief or mandates from the hidden, mysterious progressive elite, is considered Treason, and any outliers are vilified as enemies.

Examples:

The 2020 election. Progressive indoctrinees do not want to examine evidence, and are forbidden to do so. They can only repeat their mantras: "This was the safest, most secure election ever!" Piles of evidence.. testimonies, videos, statistics, and blatant, obvious corruption within some districts is ignored.. dismissed with a hand wave.. and the mantra repeated, so the indoctrinees do not lose faith.

Global Warming! Data is contrived, imagined, and 'Experts!' are presented with.. NOT Science or Reason.. but declared belief, obscured with the appropriate tecno babble, to deceive the gullible. Any in the scientific community who depart the global warming reservation are hunted down and ruined.

Choose your Identity!  Biological facts.. Chromosome combinations, and common sense, are dismissed for the belief that you can choose your gender, race, and even species. Men masquerade as women.. girls.. to beat the fairer sex in physical competition. White people pretend to be black, for a perceived advantage. Accepting, and living within the limitations you were born with is ridiculed.

Hunter Biden's Laptop. This was known about by the justive department, but covered up to defeat Trump and deceive the American people. The NY post printed an exposè, which the complicit media, Democrats, and other co-conspirators against America.. bought and paid for by billionaire tech moguls.. censored, ignored, or falsely accused as 'Russian Disinformation!'

Common Ancestry. This one goes very deep, as the propaganda for it has been blaring for decades.. nearly a century. It is the belief.. mandated by all progressive institutions, that all life forms 'evolved' from a single celled amoeba, and usually includes atheistic abiogenesis, that life began spontaneously, through natural processes, not from a Creator. It is the ideological basis for Progressivism, and is foundational to all other beliefs. It implies amorality, situation ethics, 'the ends justify the means', and is the cover needed to justify lies, violence, bullying, and censorship, from progressive ideologues.

There is much more. But the symptoms of progressive Indoctrination are clearly evident. Mandated belief.. assertions rather than reason.. censorship, and seething hostility are the first, and obvious, symptoms of progressive Indoctrination. If you are 'triggered', into these reactions, in a pavlovian response, beware! The Indoctrination goes deeper than you know. No one in this modern era has completely escaped it.

Progressivism is a return to the Dark Ages.. an abandonment of Reason, due process, and scientific methodology. It is an ideology of despotism, and has all the similarities of tyranny in the past. It is anti-freedom, anti-American, anti-christian, and anti-human. It will only lead to death, slavery, and oppression.

Sunday, December 20, 2020

Evidence for The Creator: Life

 

Evidence for The Creator: Life

Life is the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe. We cannot define it, really. We don't know what it is. We cannot replicate it, yet it is all around us.

For millennia, man has tried to unwrap the mystery of life, speculate about its origins, and parse it into manageable bits. Spontaneous Generation was the naturalistic explanation for life for a couple of thousand years, among the scientific establishment. It was thought that life could just spring from non-life, if the required elements were present. Recipes were even produced, for particular life forms.. rags, meat, grain, and other such items could be placed in a desolate place in the woods, and mice would spontaneously appear! It was Pasteur's experiments with isolation & bacteria that debunked the theory of spontaneous generation, and revealed the Great Mystery of Life.

Attempts to animate life have continued into the industrial age, through the age of technology, and up to our current modern scientific state. Still, ALL attempts to 'create' life, in the most optimal laboratory conditions have failed. Man has not been able to synthesize life, even with our ability to break things down at the atomic level.

If life were a simple scientific phenomenon, we could use scientific methodology to break it down, repeat the factors necessary to create it, and unravel the mystery of life. But alas! Life is not explainable by science. It is here. It teems on the earth, but nowhere else, to our knowledge. We think it a common, ordinary thing, and it is, but its origins are unfathomable to the rational mind.

If life could easily be created, by natural processes, one could believe in atheistic naturalism as the engine of our origins. But life CANNOT be explained by atheistic naturalism. Only an Intelligent Power, able to create life, matter, space, and the entire universe, could have Authored Life. It is impossible for life to appear in a godless universe. There is no mechanism or scientific principle to generate it. Without the Creator, life is impossible.

Yet atheistic abiogenesis is taught.. no, INDOCTRINATED, into gullible youth from infancy. It is DECLARED, with no evidence at all, that life began spontaneously, in some distant primordial ooze, and we 'evolved!' to what we are today. This fantastic religious belief has no basis in fact or scientific methodology, yet it is mandated as a belief. It is the Official State Religion.

But it is a satanic lie. It is a deception, to divide man from his Creator, and distract him from his accountability. There is no evidence that abiogenesis is possible, and thousands of experiments that say it isn't.

The lies from progressive ideology are legion, and are tightly woven in the fabric of the human worldview. Do not be deceived by the titillating spinnings of these deceivers, but wake up to Reality! Your Creator beckons. He calls to you to return to Him, and discover the Meaning for your existence. You are not a cosmic accident, in a purposeless universe, spinning out of control, but are a Child of the Almighty, destined for Great Things.

This is a world of madness and folly. We seem to be going to Hell in a handbasket. Don't be a dupe to deception, from enemies of your soul, but discover why you are here. Deep in the recesses of your mind and heart, the flickering candle of a Soul longs to burn hot and bright, reconciled to its Creator. Don't extinguish the spark of life with lies and distractions, but fan it into flames, and enter into the standing with your Creator you were destined for.

Monday, May 18, 2020

Evidence for The Creator: The Music of the Spheres

‘There is geometry in the humming of the strings. There is music in the spacing of the spheres.’  – Pythagoras (569–490 BCE)

The universe is a significant factor, that just about everyone considers at some point in their life. The majesty, awesomeness, terror, and vastness of the universe fills us, with a sense of worshipful wonder. Naturalistic explanations and beliefs are too far fetched. Reflecting on the abstracts of infinity, eternity, life, and the whole of Creation, brings to us a sense of holy awe, for all that 'God hath wrought..'

Ps19:1 ..The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.

Poets, gurus, philosophers and wise men from every corner of the human experience have looked in AWE, at the wonder of The Creation.  The order, harmony.. the interaction of celestial bodies..  fill the seeker of knowledge with amazement and awe, at the complexity and order, revealed in the Creation.  The universe infers an Intelligent Creator. Random chance and chaos cannot have interwoven the universe with such delicate and elegant complexity. 

But years of Indoctrination,  and/or complete immersion in man-made trivialities can numb the senses, and scar the Soul of man, so he cannot hear the music of the spheres.

“The fanatical atheists are like slaves who are still feeling the weight of their chains which they have thrown off after hard struggle. They are creatures who—in their grudge against traditional religion as the "opium of the masses"—cannot hear the music of the spheres.” ~Albert Einstein 

Hardened materialists seem to lose the worshipful wonder of the Creation..  oh they still marvel and have reverence for the natural world,  but they have lost the Source, and see only the created.  They exchange the Truth of The Creator for a lie, and their souls are deadened to the Wonder of the Creator seen though the creation. 

Romans1:18The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine naturehave been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

21For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

24Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator."

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Progressive Pseudoscience Pretension

Progressive indoctrinees are steeped in anti-science, pseudoscience pretension.   Facts, scientific methodology,  observable reality..  all the things heralded by True Science are ignored in favor of mandated belief, propaganda,  censorship, and homogeneity of opinion.

Progressivism is an enemy of knowledge, scientific discovery, and open inquiry.  Instead, they promote mandated belief, memorized dogma, censorship, and a Bully Pulpit of atheistic naturalism.

The mantra of pseudoscience is chanted constantly, while the drums of propaganda pound the unrelenting belief in atheistic naturalism into the bobbleheaded indoctrinees,  until they suspend all reason, and fall into the State Mandated ideological line.

This forum provides a bully pulpit, to pound the propaganda drum of progressive Indoctrination. Any.. ANY.. who show dissent are attacked relentlessly, viciously, and hatefully, by these same ideologues.  And if they cannot be intimidated, they are censored by ideological moderators, using their mod power to promote their Indoctrination as 'settled science!'

'Science!', is impossible to debate anymore, with the bully pulpiteers screaming their propaganda points constantly..

'Atheism is science! Creationism is religion!'

That mantra is chanted constantly and in 4 part harmony, by the progressive indoctrinees, who all nod in dutiful unison to the State Mandated Belief.

Usually only a few hecklers are needed, to disrupt a civil discussion or debate. But here the vast majority of atheistic naturalists jump into the fray, and want to get their shots in toward the 'Ignorant Blasphemers!', who dare to challenge their sacred beliefs.

This is not science. It is not reason. It is bullying and intimidation, to keep any competing opinion from open examination.

It is religious bigotry, at its core. And they use the bully pulpit to censor any competing ideology, while (falsely) presenting their own religious opinions as 'settled science!'

Progressive indoctrinees nod like bobbleheads, unwilling to use their minds, skepticism, or common sense to see through this massive deception.

Sunday, March 15, 2020

The American Experiment & the Enemy Within

The Experiment in Self Rule.


The American experiment was & is one of the most unique & world changing events in the history of mankind. It introduced a concept that had never been tried before: Self Rule. The mission statement of the Declaration of Independence laid the foundation:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

The key points in this foundation:
1. The Equality of Man.
2. Govt as servant, to secure the rights of the people.
3. Natural Law as the basis for the organization of the collective.
a. Right to Life.
b. Right of Liberty.
c. Right to choose your direction in life.

So the founders crafted an experiment in self rule, based on specific tenets, & with a view to the ultimate goal: Self Rule
This goal was spelled out in the crafting of the Constitution:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The goal was not a democracy, but a constitutional Republic, with fixed Law, based on immutable Natural Law, not subject to the whims of a majority. JUSTICE and LIBERTY were the primary goals of this experiment. Amendments were provided in the Constitution to clarify the specifics. Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, right to due process, arms, & specific duties of this new govt were spelled out with the hopes of sustaining the new experiment. There was even an amendment specifically forbidding the new govt from going beyond its assigned duties.

The idea of a representative govt, with regular citizens being the representatives became the cornerstone. There was not to be a ruling elite, or a noble class, but equal citizens.. farmers & shopkeepers, as the administrators of this collective organization. This election of 'citizen representatives' was a democratic process in the new republic. But it was not a pure democracy. There was not to be a professional ruling class.

“We are a Republican Government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or in the extremes of Democracy… It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.” ~ Alexander Hamilton

"A government by representatives elected by the people at short periods was our object, and our maxim... was, 'where annual election ends, tyranny begins;' nor have our departures from it been sanctioned by the happiness of their effects." ~Thomas Jefferson

"All [reforms] can be... [achieved] peaceably by the people confining their choice of Representatives and Senators to persons attached to republican government and the principles of 1776; not office-hunters, but farmers whose interests are entirely agricultural. Such men are the true representatives of the great American interest and are alone to be relied on for expressing the proper American sentiments." ~Thomas Jefferson

This is a summary of the American Experiment. For most of our history, it was required for young students & new immigrants to study these foundational concepts in a civics class, to learn about our system of self rule. For self rule to work, you need an informed electorate, with knowledge of the issues, & a firm grasp of the goals. The structure of the constitution provided a framework of governance, with the ability to change with the times. It provided a balance of powers, with various duties of governance split between separate & equal branches of govt.

In a nutshell, here are the basic tenets of the American Experiment:
1. Citizen Representatives (with subsistence & drudgery as compensation).
2. Separation & balance of powers.
3. Limited, subservient duties of govt.
4. Emphasis on Liberty for the People.
5. Constitutional Republic.

Preserving the Experiment: The Oath

To keep the experiment in self rule alive, it would be necessary to protect it from enemies. Power corrupts, & the founders recognized that there would be aggressive, aspiring scoundrels, seeking to secure power & position for themselves.

When extraordinary power and extraordinary pay are allotted to any individual in a government, he becomes the center, round which every kind of corruption generates and forms. ~Thomas Paine

"Our public economy is such as to offer drudgery and subsistence only to those entrusted with its administration--a wise and necessary precaution against the degeneracy of the public servants." ~Thomas Jefferson

To keep this foremost in mind, & to emphasize it for the citizens & the representatives, an oath was required for public service. All branches of govt were required to swear allegiance to the constitution, to preserve & protect it.

The constitution requires the president to take this oath:
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation: — "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.~ARTICLE II, SECTION 1, CLAUSE 8

Congressmen & justices take this oath:
I, (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. [So help me God.]

Those in the military take this one:
I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.

Their oath was not to King, or Party, or region, but to an Ideal.. a principle of governance.. a document that outlines a system of self rule. The oath is very similar in all the different branches of govt. The common thread is to defend & protect the constitution from all enemies, foreign or domestic. THAT is their primary job. ..not pleasing people. ..not returning favors to donors. ..not pandering to special interests.

The Enemy Within

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. ~James Madison

The most deadly enemy to any institution is not the overt enemy, but the false friend. Subversion is a deadly poison that corrupts the ideals & slowly erodes the power & efficacy of the original. We have been in a time of corruption & subversion for many decades, in America. The constitution has been under assault, not from foreign aggressors, but by domestic enemies...False countrymen, intent on destroying the experiment in self rule. The executive branch has repeatedly ignored laws it is charged to enforce, & declared law outside of its duties. The judicial branch has overtly ignored Law, & legislated from the bench with mental distortions & rhetorical gymnastics. The congress has emasculated itself, & become a playground for elites.. a revolving door for riches for those seeking wealth & power, pandering to special interests, ignoring & trampling the very constitution they have sworn to defend.

During times of war, the citizens of a nation are very alert to subversives, even to the point of paranoia, imprisoning Japanese Americans in WW2 & looking for communist sympathizers during the cold war. But it showed the root desire of national preservation from enemies. Communism was a real threat, & was spreading across the globe. Now, the progressive left ridicules this action in times of crisis, condemning the internment camps & the commy witch hunts. But they merely redefine the issue into some kind of bigotry, when the real motive was self preservation from an enemy. But this 'redefining' is part of the progressive lefts attack on American self rule. They themselves are enemies of American Freedom, & work tirelessly to undermine, ridicule, & trample the constitution. And their propaganda voices are complicit with their treachery. The media, entertainment, academia, & just about all American institutions have been hijacked by the progressive left, & are steeped in anti American, anti human ideology. Then they worm their way into govt agencies, & usurp the intent of the office of public servant into a ruling lord. They produce nothing themselves, but take from the working man, & use his resources against him, to undermine & vilify the constitution. They are crashing our own production planes into the towers built to protect & defend the constitution, & have perverted them into weapons against us, burning from within until they collapse the structure to rubble. They destroy the currency with manipulation & dilution of QEs, overload the safety nets with hordes of dependents, invalidate any meaning of citizenship with illegal, unconstitutional immigration, & corrupt the social consciousness with moral relativity & injustice. The progressive left is an enemy of American self rule.

The Solution

1. Recognize the enemy. Rekindle the goal of self rule, & remove the conspirators against it. WAKE UP!! Your enemies have overrun you.. rise & fight!
2. Fulfill your oath. You that have sworn to defend & protect the constitution from ALL ENEMIES, do it!  What are you waiting for? If you do not, you are liars & enemies of American Freedom.
3. Educate for freedom, & stop the leftist indoctrination for socialism. The propagandists are undermining the concept of self rule, & building fit tools for subservience. Promote the ideals of America, & do not allow them to be trivialized & demeaned for some statist plot.
4. Stop the corruption & plundering of the treasury. Balance the budget, secure the currency.
5. Return to the principles of citizen representation. End the professional ruling class, & the moneyed elite. Promote term limits & austerity for public service.

It has taken decades for the slow corruption of the American ideals to take hold, & it will likely take drastic action to reverse it. This is not a time for timidity or compromise. Our liberty is at stake. The Constitution is under assault. It is time for patriotic Americans to rise up & defend our way of life, our system of government, & our basic freedoms. We owe it to our forefathers, our posterity, & ourselves. We owe it to humanity as the only successful experiment in self rule, to show it as a valid way of life. We owe it to God, who has given us this precious gift of freedom.

This is not a matter of different opinions or flavors of American Liberty, but is Liberty vs Bondage. It is America vs treachery. These are ENEMIES of America..  they are not benign. They do not express mere opinions, but treason, as they attack the very foundation of the constitution. The future of America as an experiment in self rule is at stake. You can choose to be a citizen in a nation of self rule, or a subject in a nanny state regime. Passivity is choosing the latter. Make your choice wisely. The future depends upon you.
"The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite." ~Thomas Jefferson

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Evidence for The Creator: Universal Morality, part 1


This is the second in my series of evidence FOR the Creator. Morality is a deep, very involved topic including many related concepts. I will attempt to define the terms, analyze the source, and offer conclusions. Conscience, instinct, Law, sociopathy, and anthropomorphic projection all enter in to this basic Question:
Is morality a Real Thing, or is it a human construct?
..and, it's corollary,
Is universal, objective morality evidence for The Creator?
IF.. there is a Creator, one might expect a Standard.. an innate moral sense.. that transcends time, race, religious beliefs, culture, and region. At least 'Goddidit!', is a plausible explanation for the morality we observe in the human animal.
IF.. there is no God, and morality is only a human construct, we would not expect to see a common thread of absolute morality in the human experience. Morality would be arbitrary and local, mandated by the powerful, with only whimsy or expediency to drive them.
Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place. ~Frederic Bastiat
The 'need', for human Law is a reflection, imo, of the REALITY of a universal moral code. We recognize, collectively, a moral consciousness, define it as 'conscience', and label those who violate it as criminals or sociopaths.
Definitions
Morality is an embedded sense, classically considered to be 'endowed' by a Creator, as in the American declaration of independence,
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights
Merriam's: ..conformity to ideals of right human conduct
Morality is a 'self evident' standard that humans in every region, time, and culture have appealed to. It is equivalent to 'natural law', from reformation and Enlightenment philosophers. It is something internal, embedded, and universal in humanity.
I will use the dichotomy for origins that tickles many of the members of this forum:
Goddidit, or Nuthindidit!'
..because the ONLY source for morality to be a Real Thing, and not a contrived human construct for manipulation, is if it were embedded by the Creator, or some Agent with the Ability to put this sense in man.
In a godless universe, no morality like this is possible. It is a delusion or manipulation, to control people. There is only animal instinct, or declared Law, in a godless universe, with no absolutes to appeal to.
IF... there is a Creator/moral Embedder.. AND IF... this Creator/moral embedder embedded moral standards in humans.. THEN... that is the source of embedded moral standards.. a 'sense' of universal, absolute morality.
BUT..
IF.. there is no Creator/moral Embedder.. THEN... morality is a human construct. ..this 'sense' of universal, absolute morality is a delusion or manipulation of man.