The Goodness of God
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- Created on: 29-04-13 21:29
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- The Goodness of God
- Does God command things because they are good, or are things good because God commands them
- Divine Dictator
- If God commands what is good, then goodness doesn't originate from God - he merely enforces goodness
- Omni benevolent
- He is described to be "good" and all his actions to be "good"
- Augustine: God is perfection and therefore lacks nothing, evil is lack of good, therefore God cannotbe evil
- Some things are intrinsically good
- Euthyphro dilemma - incompatible perfection of God and what he commands
- '**** is not wrong', then there is nothing morally wrong with **** - God is a divine dictator
- How is the God of the Bible seen as morally perfect and the source of human ethics?
- We don't understand God
- 10 Commandments, he is a good God because he cares for his people and therefore gives them a moral guide by which to live by
- Abraham's atempt to sacrifice Isaac, this demonstrates a God who tests his creation and judges and is jealous
- A God with favourites - Calvin's idea of pre-destination
- Though "his people" fail him, he never abandons them
- The concept of God as lawgiver and judge
- transcendent "good" God
- Decalouge are laws
- Judgementsday, he will judge those who will be saved or will perish in hell
- Problems:
- Evil and suffering in the world
- Only intervenes in the world at certain times - favouritism
- Vengeful God
- God is not a physical being ; the way we see God as "good" is limited
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- Does God command things because they are good, or are things good because God commands them
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