If goodness means simply 'what God commands' what do we mean when we say 'God is

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If goodness means simply 'what God commands' what do we mean when we say 'God is good.'?

if goodness means simply 'what God commands' what do we mean when we say 'God is good.'?

thanks for answers!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: For some people, their god is not just an entity who makes commands as DEFINES good (as divine command theory would suggest), but actually and literally IS that ethical code. This when they say 'God is good' they mean that in a mathematical sense - all good is God and anything not good is not God.

This creates its own curious complications. If God is completely and unerringly good, then it would seem impossible for God to be bad... and thus God would have less free will than a typical human being has. Likewise, if God is an idea or a mood, then how can God also be the physical entity that some also claim he is or a producer of the many bad things we can see around us?

The bottom line, however, is that your question is inherently self-contradictory. People who equate God with goodness are NOT using divine command theory. Good is NOT what God commands, but is God itself.