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Old Apr 5th, 2004, 10:44 PM       
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Originally Posted by ArtificialBrandon
Some problems with making moral absolutes contingent on the existence of God:

If the difference between right and wrong is based on God's order, then for God Himself there is no right and wrong, and it is meaningless to claim that God is "good."

If, on the other hand, God is good, then good and evil have meanings independent of Him.
What about Augustine's solution, that evil is the absence of good, or distance from God?
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