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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|200px|[[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>}}