God 2
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- Created on: 18-02-17 17:14
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- God
- Omnipotent Creator
- God is the only God, cannot be challenged by any other power or authority = Must be omnipotent
- E.g. Matthew 19:26, J tells disciples '...with God all things are possible'
- Omnipotent = all powerful
- Disagree about what it means to be OP, defined in different ways
- 1. God is omnipotent = can do absolutely anything including the logically impossible , not bound by the laws of nature,
- 2. God is omnipotent = can do anything that is logically possible
- Correct because of the problem of evil, Hick and Plantinga agree ( free will)
- Most argue that if God is OP, must be the creator of everything
- 1. Universe comes ex Deo = out of God's own being (Latin)
- Suggests pantheism, would mean not transcendent or 'wholly other'
- 2. God created universe ex nihilo = literally from nothing
- found in creation narrative in Genesis 1, universe from words of creative power - 'Let there be...'
- RSV translation believed to be wrong, original Hebrew suggests already existing chaos God acts to bring order to
- found in creation narrative in Genesis 1, universe from words of creative power - 'Let there be...'
- 3. God created using already existing chaotic matter, put into an ordered state - process theology
- Babylonian creation, Enuma Elish = assumes primeval chaos also, 3 most fitting with genesis
- 1. Universe comes ex Deo = out of God's own being (Latin)
- God is the only God, cannot be challenged by any other power or authority = Must be omnipotent
- Controller
- Universe made by OP God = also be the controller of all things
- 'King' or 'Sovereign', total control
- God 'Sustains the Universe'
- Holds it in existence and preserves from destruction
- Preserves universe from falling back into watery chaos he ordered at creation
- Psalms, 89;9-10 God rules raging Yam (sea)
- Psalm 104:5 God 'set the earth on its foundations so that it should never be shaken'
- God sustains moral humanity by providing a code - 10 commandments
- varying interpretations
- 1. Theological determinism, omniscient, future is fixed + unavoidable, we don't have free will God has absolute control
- 2. Aquinas - god exists timelessly, sees results of free choices but does not cause them
- Universe made by OP God = also be the controller of all things
- Transcendent and Unknowable
- God is Unlimited,
- Catholic doctrine - aseity, God is his own existence, and his essence is to exist.
- Isaiah 55:8-9 'For as the heavens are higher than the Earth, so are my ways higher than your ways' (says the Lord)
- 1 Corinthians 2:11 'No one comprehends the thoughts of God except the spirit of God'
- Transcendence means God's true nature is unknowable
- Exodus 2, Moses + God, God says 'I am who I am' (2:14), etymology of YHWH
- importance in monotheistic status, transcendence + unknowability
- God is the creator and cannot be known, categorised or understood by any other being
- importance in monotheistic status, transcendence + unknowability
- Exodus 2, Moses + God, God says 'I am who I am' (2:14), etymology of YHWH
- Exodus 2, Moses + God, God says 'I am who I am' (2:14), etymology of YHWH
- importance in monotheistic status, transcendence + unknowability
- God is the creator and cannot be known, categorised or understood by any other being
- importance in monotheistic status, transcendence + unknowability
- Omnipotent Creator
- Creation idea evolved during the ongoing life of the Church, beliefs not suggested by the Bible
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