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CC049: The Euthyphro Dilemma - Matt Flannagan vs Jason Thibodeau

Capturing Christianity Podcast

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What Is Meta Ethical Divine Command Theory?

There's an important distinction in different, in divine command theory between what is called normative divine command theory and meta ethical divine command theory. A question from Maverick Christian asks: Couldn't the divine command theorist reason the same way with moral laws? I can't give you a response to that when we're up against the time here. What I can do is give you a chance to say something. So this one is from Wade Tistammer. He says a speed limit law requires a lawmaker and yet the law is an arbitrary. Yet reasons by themselves are insufficient for the existence of the law. We still need a lawmaker. The authority that a legislature has is because it comes from

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