This matter is coupled with the classical concern to avoid putting God into any class. The logic is once again easily described: if God is one example of a class of things—say, one merciful thing among many other merciful things—then the class as a whole is larger than God, and so something is greater than God. Similarly, the Christian solution to the Euthyphro dilemma is the doctrine of simplicity. The dilemma, in Christian theological terms, runs as follows. Is God good because we define good to