(August 10, 2015 at 11:40 am)Drich Wrote:No he means good. Now can you provide some unambiguous and veritiable evidence for your claims about the properties of God.(August 9, 2015 at 9:44 pm)McDoogins Wrote: Socrates and Plato had this figured out years ago.
The Euthyphro dilemma is found in Plato's dialogue Euthyphro, in which Socrates asks Euthyphro, "Is the pious (τὸ ὅσιον) loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?" (10a)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro_dilemma
A sober man would say something is pious because it is pious, not because it is loved by the gods.
Basically, something isn't good just because a higher authority commands it.
You mean agreeable. Something is not agreeable because a higher authority commands it. "Good" is not a relative term in this situation 'we' do not have the authority to determine 'good' only what is good for us/society. However this measure of 'good' in no way effects the measure of 'Good' set by the Higher Authority of God. Why does God get to determine what is God and what is not? Because He literally created everything and in His game we play by His rules or our 'pieces' are taken off his board.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
