Bible Tests · Guided Reasoning

The Moral Authority Test

Is something good because God says so — or does God say it because it is good? There is a third Christian answer too: God’s nature is goodness itself. Let’s test all three.

The point is not to prove morality can exist without God. It is to ask what the sentence “God is good” actually means.
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Before we begin

There is no score and no trick. Pick the answer closest to what you really believe. When there is a strong Christian reply, we will show it.

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Sources and further reading

The test uses short summaries rather than long quotations. These links show the biblical passages and the major philosophical or theological positions the branches are based on.

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