Nature of God- omnipotence
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- Created on: 02-05-19 11:54
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- Nature of God- Omnipotence
- Aquinas
- God cannot sin or perform evil acts as He is a perfect being which cannot be in error.
- " It is better to say that some things cannot be done, rather than God cannot do that"
- Descartes
- God has the power to carry out actions which are logically impossible/ contradictory
- God could make a square circle or make 2+2=5
- God breaks the laws of physics and mathematics
- BUT- most christian scholars reject this view as it is flawed- logical contradictions are not 'things'
- Swinburne
- Argues omnipotence means that God is able to do anything as long as it's possible
- Whitehead and Hartshorne
- Process Theologian-- humans, through free will, capable of putting up resistance to God
- Macquarrie
- Concurs w/ Vardy- linked w/ Christology: Kenosis 'self gained popularity' in existentialism
- Vardy
- Argues God's omnipotence is much more limited than previously suggested.
- Argues it's wrong to suggest that everything that happens is due to the will of God.
- God created the universe in such a way that his ability to act is necessarily limited
- Criticism of Swinburne
- The view turns God into an unpredictable and arbitrary deity- Presents him as being that humans cannot hope to comprehend or rly upon
- Modern View
- God deliberately limits his power in order for us to have free will
- Aquinas
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