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Original Question

1. Good is gods opinion because god thinks so.


2. If god thinks that good is good then I too can can good is good because I think it is good.


3. Therefore I can tell good is good because I think so.

Answers

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Seen from the perspective of a religious believer, it would be false equivalence(gods' opinions are supposed by definition to matter more than the opinions of people because gods supposedly know more stuff, or something like that). 

Non sequitur and appeal to authority

Seems like he thinks that he is God. After all, whats the difference here given this reasoning?

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