"Yes God is good in the sense that God is loving, just and so on. But as
Craig has noted on a number of occasions, God has no moral obligations
and therefore cannot live up to any external standard. This has the
implication that God is not morally good. God is good in the
sense that he is loving, just, forgiving and so on, and we identify
these things as good in the way that, say, hot soup on a cold day is good
for us, or an apple is a good one rather than a rotten one. God’s good
nature motivates God to command the things that he does, and this in
turn gives rise to moral duty – rightness."
- Glenn Peoples, Debate Review: William Lane Craig and Sam Harris
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