God as Creator
- Created by: Alessia
- Created on: 24-04-13 19:45
View mindmap
- God as Creator
- If God created the universe then is he responsible for everything that happens in it?
- saw everything he created as 'good'
- Evil only became part of humanity after the fall
- Some argue that after God had finished creating the world he allowed nature to take its course > concept of Free Will
- Did God decide upon this punishment, out of a number of possibilities or is what happens to people the inevitable result of their actions?
- We can either blame God or humanity for evil iin the world
- The way the bible presents God as involved with his creation
- Conflict between Genesis 1 and 2: though some say that they compliment eachother
- Names creation, makes it personal
- Humans are made in God's image, we look like him, we have dignity and have a moral sense as does God
- Talks to Adam and Eve, perhaps bewfore the Fall, he was a more accessible being
- Concept of omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence
- If God is omniscient then he knew that Adam and Eve were going to eat from the tree of knowledge and therefore what is the point of testing them?
- Traditional view that God is omnipresent, then, how is he seen walking around the garden of eden? therefore he is only in one place
- Compare with Aristotle's Prime Mover
- Prime Mover doesnt have intentions or make decisions because he is unmoving
- Prime Mover, doesnt have any form or make any movements because that would make him corruptible.
- However, doesn't imply that the anthropomorphic God has a body, just easy to explain
- God is aware of the world whereas the Prime Mover, only knows of himself and thinks of himself
- Both are responsible for the existence of the universe - they exist necessarily
- Imagery as God as craftsman
- Effortless creation: 'God said ... and so it was' - immediate fulfillment
- Rule over creation
- Names animals and plant and Adam: - depicts his power over his creation
- Breathes life into Adam - animating the body, anthropomorphic qualities
- 'Hammered' the vault of heaven over the skies
- God walks through the garden of Eden
- Concept of 'creatio ex nihilo'
- God made the world out of nothing
- Criticism: God is a designer not a creator for if matter is eternal then the universe created itself
- If God created the universe then is he responsible for everything that happens in it?
Comments
No comments have yet been made