Why? Because the soul, the human soul, embodies a piece of the divine breath, a piece of the divine soul.

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue

According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue

by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Although this view of ethics has often been challenged, many of the objections have come from religious thinkers who appealed to God s commands.