Attributes of God - Omnipotence of God III
- Created by: Alasdair
- Created on: 14-05-17 11:14
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- Omnipotence of God
- Can do logically impossible?
- Aquinas
- 'pseudo' problems
- Kant
- We're not in any position to make a choice over this
- If this was a possibility, God could've have made us free and also good
- Aquinas
- If God's omnipotence is 'limited' by his nature does this mean that He isn't omnipotent
- Noel Plum
- To talk about God's omnipotence is to talk about him as a minimally restrained being
- This love restrains aspects of his power
- E.g. Allowing us freewill
- This love restrains aspects of his power
- God is restrained by his omnibenevolent nature.
- To talk about God's omnipotence is to talk about him as a minimally restrained being
- Noel Plum
- Does it make sense to talk about an Eternal, omnipotent God? Kenny, Swinburne, William Lane Craig
- Craig
- It doesn't make sense to talk about a God who is outside time and space
- Not viewing how things actually are -
- Contradiction in terms to suggest he can see everything in one timeless moment
- How will this effect traditional notions of God's involvement in human lives?
- God can only interfere if he is within the universe so is therefore timeless.
- He cannot do stuff because that would involve time.
- Christians would suggest he has already intervened or intervenes through Holy Spirit or Christ
- God can answer prayer, perform miracles, forgiveness
- Craig
- What problems are raised by biblical accounts of God's omnipotence?
- It suggests he is all powerful and must be within the universe
- He doesn't help everyone
- Quite partisan - helps Israelites, Jews - destroys Egyptians
- Reliability can be questioned
- Written nearly 2000 years ago
- Isaac commanded to kill his son
- Does Mackie's 'Inconsistent Triad' successfully show that God cannot be both omnipotent AND omnibenevolent?
- If theodices are considered, this would suggest that the Inconsistent Triad does not work
- Augustine's theodicy relies on us having freewill and Genesis myth being true
- Hick's and Irenaeus's theodiicy relies on ends justifying means.
- Does viewing language to describe God as a symbol solve any of these problems?
- Solves problem of God not being involved in human lives - you understand him as almighty
- Wiles: Creating and sustaining the Universe.
- Can do logically impossible?
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