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Originally Posted by [Malks] Pixie
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So - you can either burn in Hell or Boil in Heaven (Assuming the folk law that there are clouds in Heaven is correct (ergo - clouds of super heated steam))
/giggles
I always liked the Euthyphro Problem.
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And the Lord spake unto the philosopher, 'I am the lord thy God, and I am the source of all that is good. Why does thy secular moral philosophy ignore me?'
And the philosopher spake unto the Lord, `To answer I must first ask you some questions. You command us to do what is good. But is it good because you command it, or do you command it because it is good?'
'Ur,' said the Lord. 'It is good because I command it?'
'The wrong answer, surely, your mightiness! If the good is only good because you say it is so, then you could, if you wished, make it so that torturing infants was good. But that would be absurd, wouldn't it?'
'Of course!' replieth the Lord. 'I tested thee and thou hast made me pleased. What was the other choice again?'
'You choose what is good because it is good. But that shows quite clearly that goodness does not depend on you at all. So we don't need to study God to study the good.'
'Even so,' spake the Lord, 'You've got to admit I've written some pretty good textbooks on the subject...'
Source: Euthyphro by Plato (380 BCE)
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