Hi, Richard, At 11:41 AM 11/19/2004, you wrote: >>Mark, you wrote: I am puzzled by the highlighted phrase. >>*The statement, God is love, could be rephrased, God is His Will. For us, in >>accordance with divine command theory, goodness refers to the divine Will, >>*wholly dependent on God, not to His Essence.* Whatever God wills is, by >>definition, good.<<
I did that because most proponents of "divine command theory" would not advocate the strict version I have advocated. This page summarize the various versions: http://www.faithnet.org.uk/AS%20Subjects/Ethics/divinecommand.htm Mark A. Foster * http://markfoster.net "Sacred cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain and Abbie Hoffman __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
