# Creationism: Why not call a spade a spade? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 5, 2013, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism-why-not-call-a-spade-a-spade/668065 "2013-09-05T11:44:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism-why-not-call-a-spade-a-spade/668065/381 "2013-09-23T19:29:27Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Why limit it to the Christian God? > > … You’re right, I was thinking of it in terms of Christian fundamental opposition to birth control, and that sacrificing every other child for the sins of the next would be … wasteful. But … you can always use a good harvest, and maybe therre’s a volcano god to appease not to mention ofther short-tempered gods, so I say – sacrifice away! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism-why-not-call-a-spade-a-spade/668065/382 "2013-09-23T23:59:24Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I’m not sure why “torture” is used instead of, say, “eat”, but I understand the reasoning, assuming we define 'natural philosophy" as a philosophy without a god. And yes, if there’s just me and an infant, and we’re both starving with no prospect of food from elsewhere in the environment, I know where my next hearty meal is coming from. 😛 Granted, but, if we assume a received objective morality, that simply suggests that the “objective morality” fails to prevent the objectionable behavior just as much as the “naturalistic” one does. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism-why-not-call-a-spade-a-spade/668065.md?page=19)