Apologies, I was just sticking with one of the premises that my friend set out.
1) The beliefs of a being which transcends the Universe hold objective truth.
I see that your argument in response to tim wood here does not involve this. Statements retracted!

Aha! This is very similar to the response my friend gave me. However, he tuned it more along the lines of Aristotle in saying that it "takes away the good life." My question to you then is this: why is depriving a person of these things inherently wrong- even if I have my own deity that says otherwise? (Granted you are citing a transcendent deity are your grounds to begin with.)

I find this quite interesting! I believe an earlier answer mentioned a need of a proven ultimate authority. If both God and Gob existed, then combat might be a way to prove who the ultimate being is!