Goodness of God
- Created by: Grace Gurbutt
- Created on: 17-04-15 14:11
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- Goodness of God
- Good as good in the Bible is v diff to that of platonic thought
- In Bible
- God's actions are good
- God is good
- Plato
- Plato's form of the good and God are both sources of goodness
- Forms are immaterial just as God is transcendent
- Forms do not act in the physical world whereas God does.. creation
- Forms are immaterial just as God is transcendent
- Plato's form of the good and God are both sources of goodness
- In Bible
- Creation
- Goodness visible in creating and sustaining world
- Beyond human understanding
- Acts for the benefit of humanity
- Healing miracles, e.g.
- Jesus
- Clearly reveals the goodness of God
- made flesh (incarnate)
- Criticisms
- Evil and suffering
- BIBLE STORIES LIKE THE DESRUCTION OF ai
- cant be empirically proved if haven't experienced miracles
- Evil and suffering
- Anthropomorphic
- God is good and interacts in the world, not literal concepts
- Euthyphro Dilemma
- What makes an action good?
- God commands it
- God as a divine dictator
- God commands what is good
- Good as an independent standard
- Doesn't fit with Christian view of God because God IS goodness
- Good as an independent standard
- God commands it
- Plato
- What makes an action good?
- 10 Commandments
- set standards of moral R/W's
- lead good life
- Duty of people to obey the commandments
- Commands make God's actions good
- Part of Israeli covenant
- Good as good in the Bible is v diff to that of platonic thought
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