nonaeroterraqueous
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When Isaiah said that God makes evil (Isaiah 45:7) I think it means that God destroys. That's not necessarily a moral evil.
In terms of moral rightness, there must always be an arbiter to define what is good. Objective reality, taken strictly on its own merits isn't good enough. For example, I just saw an egret eat a fish. The egret would say that was a good thing, and the fish would call it a horrible evil. The definition of moral good, then, is something like an opinion, not being an objective and observable fact, but it is also an absolute, meaning that I don't get to decide it for myself and commit whatever ill against my neighbor and call it good. That makes it something like an absolute opinion. Only God is capable of putting forth an absolute opinion. Hence, the definition of moral good comes only from God. He defines what is good, and he is good, by definition.
When people revolt at the idea of God casting sinners into Hell, they see it as a moral outrage. That's because they have a standard of goodness that runs contrary to God. Their idea of moral good is defined by themselves, or society, or a book they read somewhere. They put God on trial and stand in judgment over him, for not living up to a definition of goodness which God did not define. They condemn God on the basis of an opinion, and not an absolute one.
Everything he does is a moral good.
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