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Originally Posted by cih1355  If you respond to the Euthyphro dilemma by saying that something is immoral because it does not reflect God's character, then the unbeliever can push the Euthyphro dilemma further by asking, "Why doesn't it reflect God's character?" or "Is God's character good because it is good or is it good because of God's character?". How would you respond to these questions? | The point is that God's character/nature *defines* what is good. Edit: Another way of putting this is to say that Goodness is an essential property that God has/"owns". Thus goodness is not identical to God (as in exact identity), so saying God is Good is not tautological. As Greg Koukl puts it, "God is not the very same thing as goodness (identical to it). It's an essential characteristic of God, so there is no tautology." ( http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=5236)
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Caleb
Trinity Baptist Church
Spokane, WA
Last edited by Cheshire Cat; 06-10-2007 at 01:23 AM.
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