(September 1, 2012 at 7:30 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: But you want to sneak in "external standard" to the definition so you can say "God is external, ergo any rules he makes up are objective rules for us".
Yes, that's the impression I've been getting, which is why I've been asking Atom to define his terms before I, at, least, even consider the question. Call it my Civil Service background; I'm uneasy with the thought of answering a question that wasn't asked.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
