Or they can remind someone that their gods are capricious and fickle, that they have no relationship to the good. Or that they are beyond petty human concepts such -as- good. Or that the good is neither loved by god because it it good or good because it is loved by god...but that the good -is- god. The possible -neither- answers are limited only by the varying god concepts that people do and have believed in...and those aren't limited at all, despite some theists™ pulling the highlander routine at a fundamanetal and conceptual level.
As has already been pointed out. It's a false dilemma that -some- theists find compelling. There's a checklist, though, for which theists will find it compelling.
1. Don't give a shit that the argument structure is invalid.
2. Has a myopic view of good.
3. Has a myopic view of god.
You have to check all three, if you don't, it's not even a dilemma.
As has already been pointed out. It's a false dilemma that -some- theists find compelling. There's a checklist, though, for which theists will find it compelling.
1. Don't give a shit that the argument structure is invalid.
2. Has a myopic view of good.
3. Has a myopic view of god.
You have to check all three, if you don't, it's not even a dilemma.
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