Bavinck is correct separating God from the Good in natural (moral) law is a bad thing
24 07 2021 So then before we dive back into Bavinck and law, I have a question: On what basis or foundation does any law work as its final authority? In the UK for example in some courts one is supposed to take an oath on some authority that everything you say is the truth. In a court of law if you are caught lying one can go to prison. So even in a law court conscience and telling the truth ought to go hand in hand but ultimately there is a higher law than the Judge. This gray area in law is an area that philosophers, theologians, lawyers search for its foundation. For a religious mind this is not such a difficult question. For secularists however, they have various theories and possibly rest it on ‘nature’ or something equivalent. So, then Bavinck goes into depth here so let us now listen to his voice. For a bookcase to work everything has to be in place, in the same way don't take God out of law as one has to find another foundation Looking at the au