God's Omnipotence
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- Created on: 11-03-22 11:17
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- God's Omnipotence
- God limits his power for our benefit
- Vardy says the universe is perfectly suited for the existence of free, rational beings, so for it to remain this way, God has to limit his omnipotence
- it is a self-imposed limitation
- Macquarrie - God chooses to limit his own power out of love for humanity
- Alvin Plantinga - God limits his omnipotence to preserve human free will
- Vardy says the universe is perfectly suited for the existence of free, rational beings, so for it to remain this way, God has to limit his omnipotence
- Religious Language
- Macquarrie
- when speaking of the power of God, it is very different to power in terms of what humans can understand
- power we understand on Earth cannot be applied to God. He is infinitely greater than us
- it is not surprising that we struggle to understand God's power
- Macquarrie
- God should be understood as great but not omnipotent
- Hartshorne
- absolute omnipotence is not a perfect quality for God
- he is more powerful than everything, but his power is not total
- his power is more impressive if it is not total
- he is more powerful than everything, but his power is not total
- absolute omnipotence is not a perfect quality for God
- this is the view of process theologians
- God is limited by the will of humans
- Hartshorne
- God's omnipotence is incoherent
- J.L Mackie
- for God to be omnipotent, he would have to be able to do anything, but there are definite limitations
- it is impossible for God to be all powerful
- for God to be omnipotent, he would have to be able to do anything, but there are definite limitations
- J.L Mackie
- Divine Power
- Luke 1:36 'for word from God will never fail'
- Matthew 19:23 'with man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible'
- Exodus 14:21 'the waters were divided'
- God limits his power for our benefit
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