How do we know that God is good?

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I think the only way we know God is good is from divine revelation and not reason.

Is that correct, or are there philosophical arguments suggesting that God must be absolutely good?

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Read post #176, if this does not enlighten you, I do not know what will. I know there is so much good by looking at my granddaughter, experiecing the ocean, and oh my! my dear wife now with alzhiemers. It IS a good world.

And no doubt there is bad in it… for today I will focus on the good (drop the o and you got God)
 
Read post #176, if this does not enlighten you, I do not know what will. I know there is so much good by looking at my granddaughter, experiecing the ocean, and oh my! my dear wife now with alzhiemers. It IS a good world.

And no doubt there is bad in it… for today I will focus on the good (drop the o and you got God)
Thanks but that is definitely not a philosophical argument that God is good as one can just as easily look at all the bad in the world and say God is evil or not perfectly good etc.
 
Thanks but that is definitely not a philosophical argument that God is good as one can just as easily look at all the bad in the world and say God is evil or not perfectly good etc.
Then you must weight what you have intuited. I believe most historians and anthropologist will agree that there appears to be much more beauty and good in this world than otherwise. And what is not, is the absence of God. Now i am obligated to prove the last sentence. There are too many better apologist than me on this sight that can do that. I have already read them and think that your answer can be found if you will read the rest of the responses.
 
Nope, I’m glad I was born, although if the alternative was non-existance, that wouldn’t be bad, either.
Considering you could never know what non-existence feels like I find it funny that you actually used this as an answer.
But, what does that have to do with knowing that God is good and not just powerful?
Since existence is as a good thing and God is responsible for your existence then this means God is good.
 
Considering you could never know what non-existence feels like I find it funny that you actually used this as an answer.

Since existence is as a good thing and God is responsible for your existence then this means God is good.
Adding to the above:
Since you would have to exist in order to be able to even choose non-existence then existence regardless is always a good thing. 😛
 
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