Nature of God
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- Created on: 22-02-20 11:00
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- Nature of God
- Omnipotent
- Able to do anything even the logically impossible
- Descartes
- All logic comes from God so he can change or suspend it at any time
- Creates an arbitrary image of God with unknown intentions
- Descartes
- Can only do the logically possible
- Aquinas
- Only does what makes sense for him to do - consistent with his nature - cannot sin
- Swinburne
- A square circle is not a 'thing'
- God is limited by logic and human reason
- Aquinas
- Self-imposed limitation
- Vardy
- A fine-tuned universe means for God to act in a way opp. to his nature would disrupt the balance
- God acts within the natural laws he created
- 'God is limited by the world he chose to create... so humans can be brought into a loving with him'
- Kenosis = 'self-emptying' - God rid himself of some divine attributes to make Jesus' encounter with humans possible
- Miracles
- God created the natural laws to allow for evil and suffering
- Vardy
- = divine power
- Able to do anything even the logically impossible
- Omnibenevolent
- Omniscient
- = full knowledge
- Geach
- Like a Grand Master playing a novice
- Novice has free will to make own moves but ultimately master is in control
- God may not know the future as this is logically impossible - but may guide people - Xtianity
- Like a Grand Master playing a novice
- Schleiermacher
- God knows us like a close friend - accurate predictions of what we will do
- God also has middle knowledge = knows the possible outcomes of all decisions - even ones not made
- God knows all outcomes but we still have free will to choose
- Boethius
- God's knowledge is different to human's - human reason can know things lesser animals can't
- Saying God and human knowledge is on same level anthropomorphises him
- God knows everything inc. past, present and future
- If God knows the future why dos he not intervene in the present to prevent evil
- Human actions ar predestined - can't be held morally responsible - beyond our control
- God's knowledge is different to human's - human reason can know things lesser animals can't
- Eternal
- Omnipotent
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