Philosopher who stated God can do anything (even the logically impossible)
Descartes
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Philosopher who said God can do 'can do anything that does not imply a contradiction'
Aquinas
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Author of The Coherence of Theism. God can't make a square circle as it is not a 'thing'
Swinburne
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Author of the Puzzle of Evil - suggests that God's limited power is self imposed
Vardy
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In Principles of Christian Theology - he argues that God limits his power out of love of humanity
Macquarrie
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Many argue that when we speak of God we use
Analogy
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Argues that total omnipotence would not actually be impressive
Hartshorne
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Some argue that if God is omniscient then we have no
Free Will
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Some God argues that if God is perfect then he must be ______ or unchanging
Immutable
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Argued that God must be timeless as otherwise it raises the question of how God would have spent his time prior to creation
Augustine
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In The Consolation of Philosophy Searched for the solution to the philosophical problem of moral responsibility - if God's omniscience means we have no free choice anyway
Boethius
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Boethius argues that for God all actions occur _________ - there is no such thing as an 'in advance' for God
Simultaneously
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Anselm came up with the ____ _________ approach to timelessness
Four dimensionalist
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Anselm's approach contrasts with the popular view of time known as
Presentism
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For Anselm ____ exists as a 4th dimension - alongside height, width, and depth.
Time
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Swinburne argues that God is in time as a timeless God ________ the Bible
Contradicts
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Swinburne argues that although God is perfect this does not mean that he has to be immune from _____
Change
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Philosopher who stated God can do anything (even the logically impossible)
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Descartes
Card 3
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Philosopher who said God can do 'can do anything that does not imply a contradiction'
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Card 4
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Author of The Coherence of Theism. God can't make a square circle as it is not a 'thing'
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Card 5
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Author of the Puzzle of Evil - suggests that God's limited power is self imposed
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