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<\/iframe>\n<\/p><p>When Andy Snyder\u00a0set about making this\u00a0video explaining the Euthyphro dilemma, I\u2019m pretty sure he didn\u2019t expect an ancient\u00a0Egyptian deity to appear from above to\u00a0settle the matter. But that is precisely what happens in this short video.<\/p>\n<p>HT <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mandm.org.nz\/2015\/06\/a-feline-view-of-the-eythphro-dilemma.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Madeleine Flannagan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Andy Snyder\u00a0set about making this\u00a0video explaining the Euthyphro dilemma, I\u2019m pretty sure he didn\u2019t expect an ancient\u00a0Egyptian deity to appear from above to\u00a0settle the matter. But that is precisely what happens in this short video. HT Madeleine Flannagan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":29932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[1635,3192,3686,9235,11524,13374],"class_list":["post-30488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humor","tag-cat","tag-euthyphro","tag-funny","tag-plato","tag-socrates","tag-video"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Egyptian God Solves the Euthyphro Dilemma<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When Andy Snyder\u00a0set about making this\u00a0video explaining the Euthyphro dilemma, I'm pretty sure he didn't expect an ancient\u00a0Egyptian deity to appear from\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/06\/egyptian-god-solves-the-euthyphro-dilemma.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Egyptian God Solves the Euthyphro Dilemma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When Andy Snyder\u00a0set about making this\u00a0video explaining the Euthyphro dilemma, I'm pretty sure he didn't expect an ancient\u00a0Egyptian deity to appear from\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/06\/egyptian-god-solves-the-euthyphro-dilemma.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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