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As I said before, that's a black and white interpretation and the world isn't black and white.The moral argument is about ontology. The question of how we know is about epistemology.
In saying that, the bible does state that that Gods laws are written in our hearts.
The thing is though, if there is no OM, then there moral such thing as moral improvement.
What the Nazis did is no better or worse than what Mother Theresa did if there is no OM.
CS Lewis said it best " “My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight line. What was I comparing this universe with when I called it unjust?”
"What the Nazis did is no better or worse than what Mother Theresa did if there is no OM"
Not true. Well, not exactly. We inherently know certain things are wrong, and that's due to evolution guiding us as a species to survive. But if you train a population to worship murder for generations then murder becomes a moral good. This effect has been studied in psychology and there's plenty of evidence to support it.
But there is some inherent morality developed through evolution, which has also been studied extensively.