I discussed the Euthyphro Dilemma in another thread. Nonetheless, it wasn't dealt with satisfactorily there.
So what does goodness mean? Whatever God says is good? In which case, he could command us to kill grannies, and that'd be good.
'Fr0d0 Wrote:'As 'God' is defined as supremely good, then there can be no better moral standard.
So what does goodness mean? Whatever God says is good? In which case, he could command us to kill grannies, and that'd be good.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
