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Triskal
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| Posted 7/24/2001 11:15 AM (GMT -6) |   | This is the first of two questions i'd like to ask everyone. The second one will be based upon the answer that is given.
Can there be any good apart from God?
In His Grip,
Matt
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Pseudo-Intellectual
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| Posted 7/24/2001 12:19 PM (GMT -6) | | quote:
Can there be any good apart from God?
Yes and no. 
Yes: we must have some concept of goodness that does not come from God in order to say that God is good. Otherwise anyone can set themselves up as the mesure of all things and self-declair that they are good, even an evil God. There simply is not cosmic law that sates that the God of this universe must be good. He either is or he isn't but he cannot be the final judge of this.
No: since i believe that God IS good i can say that every good and perfect gift comes from him. (either directly or indirectly)
d.c.
dudechild
"If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex?" -Art Hoppe
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Triskal
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| Posted 7/25/2001 5:40 AM (GMT -6) | | Hahha okay your answer makes things a bit more difficult for me, considering that I was going to ask another question based on ONE answer. However, I can still ask the question which I was going to ask if you had said simply no.
Can we label God in some way responsible for every bit of good that happens in the world?
Now considering that you did answer yes, I have a question relating to that. If there CAN be good apart from God, what type of good would it be? Is there a difference between this good and the good that is found in and from God?
In His Grip,
Matt
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