RE: Conscience and the Moral Argument as Evidence for the Goodness of God.
July 8, 2023 at 11:02 am
(July 8, 2023 at 12:06 am)Bucky Ball Wrote: As we all know from the study of Anthropology, there are no moral behaviors which are general and universal.Your arrogant mike-drop was a bit premature. The dilemma ignores the third alternative which is this: God is identical to the Good and to be good is to participate in that divine nature.
For example the Hebrews practiced child sacrifice, (there is at least one example in the Bible). Your premise is false.
Your OP is refuted easily by Euthyphro's Dilemma "Is the pious (τὸ ὅσιον) loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?"
and by Epicurus, "“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him Gog"
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