(February 22, 2015 at 7:28 pm)Ignorant Wrote: Well, that isn't what I am getting at. I know what I mean by good, but I don't know what you mean by it (which is why I asked). I don't use God as "the ground good". It is ok if you don't have a way of expressing it, but you (and others here) clearly have a particular understanding of "goodness" which you find contradictory to God (particularly his actions as they are supposedly described in the bible). I would like to know what that understanding is, and where it came from if possible?
What is good? Here are some ideas:
- environmentalism
- kindness to animals (vegetarianism, etc.)
- education
- income redistribution
- scientific and technological R&D
- stable government
- sensible regulations and laws
- cats ...