You hear this "objective morality" argument from Theists quite a bit, and it's true, there's no way that any Atheist could show that their morality is objective, most of us prefer to adopt a more materialist position and claim that our morality has evolved (as we've learned things about ourselves) based upon our evolutionary hard wiring as a social species. At least this explanation fits our lived experience and the historical evidence.
The astonishing thing though is that Theists often don't seem to realise that their own position is 100% based upon the claim that their particular God or Gods are in fact true, i.e. in order to be able to provide objectivity. They assert this with no evidence whatsoever! Their argument is based on nothing but wish-thinking and feelings and unfortunately for them, it's feelings all the way down!
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