Turning the Euthyphro Dilemma around on atheists

[Darkstar]

In the first place, the Euthyphro Dilemma is not an argument against the existence of deity. What it argues if god is good and all powerful then why does evil exist, if god is all powerful and does nothing about evil then god must condone evil and should be considered evil. If god is good and can do nothing about evil then god is either incompetent or not all powerful. The question is whether a evil or incompetent deity is worthy to be respected as a god.

I think you're confusing this with the Epicurean argument.


The Euthyphro Dilemma is different. It basically asks this: "Does god command us to do things that are good , or are things deemed 'good' simply because god says so?"

If the first is true, we can figure out what is good without god telling us. If the second is true, morality is simply the subject of god's opinion, and said opinion cannot be objectively true, or we would revert to the first option.