Socrates asked, “Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?”

This is a false dichotomy. God neither conforms to nor invents moral order. Rather His very nature is the standard for value. ~Katherin A. Rogers.

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   its not false dichotomy if no one really knows the true nature of the god/gods they believe in. To illustrate this with...

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    See also.

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