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[[File:Gilbert-Stuart 1795 Washington-portrait.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|[[George Washington]] warned that it is folly to suppose that “morality can be maintained without religion.”<ref>[https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/411-connection-between-religion-and-morality-the The Connection between Religion and Morality]</ref>]]

[[File:Gilbert-Stuart 1795 Washington-portrait.jpg|thumbnail|right|150px|[[George Washington]] warned that it is folly to suppose that “morality can be maintained without religion.”<ref>[https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/411-connection-between-religion-and-morality-the The Connection between Religion and Morality]</ref>]]

[[Norman Geisler]] writes:

[[Norman Geisler]] writes:

{{Cquote|The [[Christianity|Christian]] view of right and wrong is neither arbitrary nor groundless. It is not arbitrary because what God wills is in accord with His nature as absolute good. It is not groundless because it is rooted in what never changes, namely, God’s immutable essence: “I the Lord change not” (Mal. 3:6); “There is no shadow of change” with God (James 1:17). Even though the universe will change, “You [God] are the same,” declared the psalmist (Ps. 102:27). Although God is free to act according to the dictates of His own essential goodness, He is not “free” to act contrary to it. Likewise, His commands will always be rooted in His immutable nature as the ultimate Good.<ref>[http://www.equip.org/article/any-absolutes-absolutely/ Any Absolutes? Absolutely!] by Norman Geisler</ref>}}  

{{Cquote|The [[Christianity|Christian]] view of right and wrong is neither arbitrary nor groundless. It is not arbitrary because what [[God]] wills is in accord with His nature as absolute good. It is not groundless because it is rooted in what never changes, namely, God’s immutable essence: “I the Lord change not” (Mal. 3:6); “There is no shadow of change” with God (James 1:17). Even though the universe will change, “You [God] are the same,” declared the psalmist (Ps. 102:27). Although God is free to act according to the dictates of His own essential goodness, He is not “free” to act contrary to it. Likewise, His commands will always be rooted in His immutable nature as the ultimate Good.<ref>[http://www.equip.org/article/any-absolutes-absolutely/ Any Absolutes? Absolutely!] by Norman Geisler</ref>}}  

According to Apologetics.net:

According to Apologetics.net:

Wayne Jackson wrote in the ''Christian Courier'':

Wayne Jackson wrote in the ''Christian Courier'':

{{Cquote|...the person who truly believes in [[God]], and who has some sense of the moral principles set forth in the [[Bible]], is a better person. He is less likely to be feared in the neighborhood, and is more likely to be a savoring influence in his community.

{{Cquote|...the person who truly believes in God, and who has some sense of the moral principles set forth in the [[Bible]], is a better person. He is less likely to be feared in the neighborhood, and is more likely to be a savoring influence in his community.

[[George Washington]] once warned that it is folly to suppose that “[[morality]] can be maintained without [[religion]].” Studies repeatedly have shown this statement to be true.

[[George Washington]] once warned that it is folly to suppose that “[[morality]] can be maintained without [[religion]].” Studies repeatedly have shown this statement to be true.