Is there such a thing as a universal morality? If you think so, how does one determine what it is? Can such a thing, if it even exists, be determined objectively?
dyanaprajna,
The Universal Morality, is, for every human being, the reflection of God's character. Rom 3:23, tells us that all fall short of the Glory of God. The Bible also teaches us that we all sin many times, even if we wish we could stop, 1John 1:7-10.
Jesus is the only man who ever lived that did not sin, Heb 4:15. The Bible says that Jesus is the exact representation of God. Of course, when you are speaking about The Almighty God, Jehovah, you are talking in absolutes, no one else is absolute in anything. Even Jesus, when a man called him GOOD TEACHER, like a title, Jesus stopped him, and said; why do you call me good, only ONE is GOOD, GOD, Luke 18:18,19.
The Bible gives us evidence as to what we must do. Consider Rom 8:1-11. Here, notice that the thing that pleases God is for us to be MINDING the things of the SPIRIT, and not be MINDING the things of the FLESH. This means that we should try to put away the bad things of the flseh and try to think about and do the things of the spirit.
The Bible tells us what the things of the spirit are, and also the things of the flesh, Gal 5:19-21, and the things of the SPIRIT are Gal 5:22,23.
Now, the truth is: No person on earth can obey the laws of God perfectly. This is the reason that God sent His son to earth, to give his life as a Ransom Sacrifice for us. He gave his life for us so that all who Believe in him and obey him, do not have their sin charged to them, but the ransom of Jesus covers that person from sin, Matt 20:28, 1Tim 2:4-6, Heb 2:9, 9:26, 10:16,17, 2Cor 5:14,15, Eph 1:7.
There is just ONE NAME under heaven by which me MUST get saved, Acts 4:12, John 20:30,31.