RE: How is Yahweh not immoral?
November 21, 2012 at 3:09 am
(This post was last modified: November 21, 2012 at 3:12 am by Ryantology.)
I do not remember for certain, but I believe it was Drich who once outright admitted that God's authority comes, ultimately, from his infinite power. He has, on several occasions, asserted that God is not subject to judgement on the basis of human morals.
I will accept this in exchange for an admission that, going by that same logic, we cannot apply human standards of "righteousness" or "good", just as we cannot apply human standards of "morals". In other words, God is "good" only in the sense that he says he is, by his own standards in other words. What humans consider "good" does not apply to God.
This would actually be useful for the theist, as it resolves the idea of a "good" God with the inarguable fact that God is a horrible monster and that, by the standards of any non-psychopathic human, there is nothing good about him at all, and that God is "righteous" only by his own standards, whereas by our standards he would be the worst sort of criminal.
I will accept this in exchange for an admission that, going by that same logic, we cannot apply human standards of "righteousness" or "good", just as we cannot apply human standards of "morals". In other words, God is "good" only in the sense that he says he is, by his own standards in other words. What humans consider "good" does not apply to God.
This would actually be useful for the theist, as it resolves the idea of a "good" God with the inarguable fact that God is a horrible monster and that, by the standards of any non-psychopathic human, there is nothing good about him at all, and that God is "righteous" only by his own standards, whereas by our standards he would be the worst sort of criminal.
