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Originally Posted by NeueRegel
what is the correct resolution to the Euthyphro dilemma
Finally a nice question!
This dilemma exists because philosophers are not lovers. In love there is no good and no bad. Good and bad only exist when someone is driven by his ego.
Good means: something is beneficial. Nothing is beneficial to God.
Bad means: something hurts. Nothing can hurt God.
For someone who falls in love the same is valid.
An example: If you are in love with a woman and she tells you go and set yourself on fire, you will not think in terms of 'beneficial' and 'harmful', you will just do it. If you don't and think in terms of 'beneficial' and 'harmful', you have not ever been in love in the first place. You just tried to make her subordinate to yourself. This means you have been her enemy.
Being an enemy of God, doesn't benefit god and doesn't harm god, but it will harm you, because you don't have enough power to fight god.
This means, not being in love with God is bad for you. Being in love with God means: Everything what God commands is good. It is not good for God, God doesn't benefit from it. But it is good for you, because if you do what god commands, it means you are as powerful as god, you are god. Why? Because there is no difference between God and his commands.
Just think about the example above, what makes the woman who we love, is not her body. It is her 'will' (command). When we really love her, we are in love in her 'will', when we are not truly in love with her, than we love her body. When we are in love in her body, sooner or later we will be her enemy.
Her body will change with time, her 'will' not.
To make the effects more clear: When someone is in love in her body and she whores around (this would be his point of view: She doesn't do what I want [not subordinated to me], so she is a whore), he will either harm her or her lovers or both of them or harm his self. But if he would be in love in her will (commands), all of this wouldn't disturb him, he wouldn't harm anyone, he would love everything what she loves. He would be loyal in every direction.
Look at Peter, he did deny me 3 times, he was still my enemy.
But look at Spartacus, when his enemy tried to catch him, everyone of his followers said: 'I am Spartacus'.
Long live Spartacus. I couldn't educate some handful followers, Spartacus did educate 1000s!
Last edited by shahrad; 02-03-2014 at 03:32 AM.