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To: Gordon Greene
So without God, what is good? Depends on what the definition of is is, I guess.
49 posted on 11/11/2008 6:32:48 PM PST by Force of Truth (The "common good" will make us all common.)
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To: Force of Truth
So without God, what is good?

This was a big issue for C.S. Lewis, who maintained that without some kind of awareness of a higher goodness or justice, we could have no understanding of the concepts of "goodness" or "justice", any more than a fish could know that it's wet.

57 posted on 11/11/2008 6:40:12 PM PST by denydenydeny ("The monster state is a source of many evils; but it is, above all, an engine of envy."--Paul Johnso)
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To: Force of Truth

Muslims think killing Jews is good. They think they’re doing the world a favor.

Good is a relative concept apart from the word of God.


79 posted on 11/11/2008 6:57:08 PM PST by Marie2 (Everything the left does has the effect and intent of destroying the traditional family.)
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