The Goodness of God
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- Created on: 05-11-14 10:04
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- The Goodness of God
- Is God good?
- Augustine
- Evil is a lack of something, God doesn't lack anything so he is perfect
- God's goodness is shown through the Bible
- Why is there evil in the world if God is good?
- Inconsistent triad
- Genesis 1-3
- His goodness is shown through the creation stories
- God intervenes in the world
- Shown through miracles
- Healing the sick
- Support in battles
- Raising people from the dead
- Good is a human term, God isn't human
- Augustine
- The Euthyphro Dilemma
- Does God love good actions
- If God commanded murder is it still wrong?
- In the Bible God commands what is good
- Socrates asked how goodness is defined
- God tells Abraham to sacrifice his son, is this right because God told him too?
- The New Testament
- God sent his Son as an innocent sacrifice for the sins of mankind
- Jesus preached repentance and forgiveness of sins
- Shown through healing as in ancient times illness was linked to wrong doing
- Jesus is God incarnate and His death and revelation are the ultimate example of Gods love.
- God goodness is shown through the actions of Jesus
- Can seem bad
- Noah's flood - killed the entire population apart from one family
- Abraham was tested and told to sacrifice his son
- Benevolent dictator
- Joshua 10 - God shows favoritism towards Joshua
- Fletcher
- Justice and agape are the same - when God acts bad it's for love
- God in the Bible and the Form of the Good
- God acts morally in our world
- Both are sources of goodness
- Both are physical and transcendent
- The form of the good is the source of all other forms
- Is God good?
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