par4dcourse Posted November 9, 2007 Posted November 9, 2007 "If no moral principles exist apart from God's will, God's moral choices cannot be principled, and a being that makes unprincipled choices... is not a being worthy of worship. ... If actions are neither right nor wrong independent of God's will, then God cannot choose one over another because it is morally better. Thus, any moral choices God makes must be arbitrary. But a being who acts arbitrarily does not deserve our praise. So not only is the divine command theory implausible, it is impious as well." Theodore Schick A review of the book of essays including his, http://atheism.about.com/od/bookreviews/fr...iticalHuman.htm
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