Isn't it because the whole of Christianities
moral/ethical superiority* is predicated on the story that God himself called Moses to the top of Mount Sinai and handed down to him the Ten Commandments. A text that deemed exactly what was morally/ethically correct behaviour

Therefore, because they believe the word of God is infallible then their moral code is infallible too

*"we are moral and non-believers are dirty, amoral sinners destined to spend eternity in hell"
( applehead herp derp, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 14:57, 1 reply)

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Oh, there might be all kinds of reasons for it.

Oddly, the religious moralisers seem to go rather quiet at the mention of the Euthyphro dilemma...
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 15:00, closed)

You've lost me there!
I suppose my reply could be summed up with the phrase "The religious are of the belief that they have the monopoly on morality/ethicality"
( applehead herp derp, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 15:05, closed)

Euthyphro dilemma
the religious have to take the "its moral because God says so" route to have any logical coherence to their system.

I would be fed up with Teh Rightious insisting that a moral system requires a sky fairy but since I'm the High Pubah of the Church of the *Spanky Lesbian Pixie Wenches* that would be hypocritical.
(Falco, Fri 20 Mar 2009, 18:43, closed)