religious views don't belong in politics.

Jesus said never judge, so don't.

You can't legislate morality.

These are some of the most common moral slogans you have heard and maybe even spoken at

times, but they are, as you will see today, deeply misguided.

Today I get to interview my friend, colleague, and co-host, Dr. Scott Ray, who, by the way,

is arguably one of the leading Christian ethicists in the world today, given your publications,

your conversations, your consulting that you've done, your professional work.

We're going to talk about the top 10

misguided moral claims that need to be debunked. Now, you deal with all of these in the fifth

edition of your book, Moral Choices, which we'll get to, kind of framing deeper conversations

on reproductive technology, end of life, war, etc. But I thought this would be a

helpful and interesting way to kind of get into the conversation. I love your take on these.

So I'm just going to state it the way I often heard it said, and then you can give your response.

How does that sound?

That sounds great. But we've been dealing with these since the first edition of moral choices. Fair enough. And they've been refined over the years. Okay, okay, good. Bring that

out at times. If this is shifted and become more pressing or less would be great. All right. So,

number one, you can't legislate morality. Categorically false. Okay. Because we, the lawmakers in most countries do it on an almost

daily basis. Every law is the imposition of somebody's morality. Even things as seemingly morally neutral

is driving on the correct side of the road presumes respect for life and property.

Because if we see somebody driving down the freeway at 80 miles an hour in the wrong direction, we assume that they have respect for neither of those things.

And in most cases, I think justifiably so.

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