relgion test conscience and natural law

1. What are the moral implications of God’s existence? Please explain your answer.,

if God does not exist, then morality does not exist, because without a highest good (which is God), there is no true good.

2. Please explain the Euthyphro Dilemma., is the action good because the gods will it or do they will it because it is good?

the Euthyphro Dilemma is where god thinks something is good because he wills it or he wills it because it is good. An action is good because God wills it, and God wills it because He is goodness itself, not because He makes up what is good.

3. Did God create evil? Please explain your answer.,

God did not create evil because evil is the absence of good, and God is pure goodness so technically evil is the absence of God.

4. What is conscience?,

conscience is a moral guide for right and good actions

5. What is Natural Law?,

natural law is a moral law known by reason

6. How do cultures that initially appear to contradict Natural Law (i.e., the inuits) actually support the idea of Natural Law?,

The action initially contradicts natural law because they are basically sacrificing someone soley based off of old age but the intention is to be able to have extra resources to provide for the younger people so the action is done to save human life so they have the idea skewed but they are still following natural law just in their own way

7. Please explain the following quote from St. Augustine: “You were more inward to me than my most inward part…”,

God knows us better than he knows himself and more than we know ourselves, so He gives us moral guidelines to follow

8. What do the Ten Commandments have to do with forming our conscience?,

These guidelines help make sure our values are formed correctly and give us something to look back on when making decisions.