This could lead to some conflict as well, as I will point out later. I see the moral objective of divine command theory an advantage in most respects. I think it is good that people feel they have a grasp on what they should or should not do, based on Christian principles. I am no expert in other religions, but Christian religions seem to have a sense of what is right and wrong, according to the Bible. But that leads to a serious ethical question. How do we know for sure what the will of God is? Well, that depends on what religious text you follow. Is God's will correctly stated in the Bible or the Koran? The Dead Sea Scrolls or the Egyptian Book of the Dead? That is a serious dilemma in determining God's (or the gods") will. Even though I might follow the Bible and practice its" teachings, I might still find it hard to decipher exactly what the will of God is. There are parables with different meanings, as well as many contradictions contained in many of our world's religious texts. Who's to say who's right? And how does one ultimately decide what the will of God is? That is an ever-present question that has caused argumentation and even war over the course of history. .
In the Euthyphro by Plato, Socrates asks Euthyphro a very important question on which most of the conversation is based. He asks, "Is the pious being loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is being loved by the gods?" This question is called the Euthyphro dilemma. I will approach both sides of the question as best as I can and attempt to point out the flaws that I see, as well. If one accepts that the "gods love an action because it is right", then it seems as though that action is right independent of what the gods want. Whether or not God tells us to do something, it seems like that action would be good or bad without his involvement, and that there is some standard that even God has to follow.