The Fall of Man was more 'comic' in Jewish thought. Snakes are cunning and humans a gullible. Christian reinterpretation of the myth made it tragic by positing man is naturally damned to Hell because of the Fall, and it is only by divine mercy we can have a position in paradise (whereas before, right to that position was as much a part of our nature as sin is now).
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Basicly, are things good because they come from God or because God says they are so? Is God good or is He just telling us that?(ignoring the questions of Him existing)
What are your thoughts?
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That's not how Euthyphro works. More correctly, are things good because God decides they are good or because they are that way naturally and God identifies them as such?
The question is significant. For example, God in Old Testament commands Abraham to break the standard morality by sacrificing his son. Ultimately God backs off from this command, but the question remains, "Would have killing Isaac, or even psychologically torturing an old man with the idea, constitute a good or evil act?" Since it is allegedly not in God's nature to err morally, it must be good, but if that is the case, then it means acts are only good or bad because God says so, not because of their own nature.