nature and attributes of god
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- nature and attributes of god
- omnipotence
- bible shows that god can do anything
- Matthew 19:23-26 "with God all things are possible"
- gave Abraham and Sarah a son
- genesis: creation
- descartes: god can do the logically impossible bc he is the creator
- human logic means we can't understand this
- macquarrie: misunderstandings are bc of religious language and use of analogies
- human logic means we can't understand this
- aquinas: cannot do evil bc it is not his nature, keeps world in existence
- swinburne: can do everything - has to be understood (only logically possible)
- vardy and macquarrie: god limits himself to allow for rational humans
- hartshorne: absolute omnipotence is not a desirable quality, it should mean he is "unsurpassably great" and he has total influence
- bible shows that god can do anything
- omniscience
- schleiermacher:
- god knows what we will do before we do it but he can't force us to do anything - does not restrict or limit free will
- more of a "prediction" - compared to relationship between best friends
- god knows what we will do before we do it but he can't force us to do anything - does not restrict or limit free will
- schleiermacher:
- relationship with time
- everlasting: god exists in the same timeline as us but he has no beginning or end
- timess: god exists outside of time
- augustine
- god created time, not bound by it
- augustine
- omnipotence
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