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- He is perfectly good and righteous, and there is no evil or sin in him (Psalm 92:15; 1 John 3:2–6). God cannot be unjust, lose his temper, harbor bitterness, envy, lie, or cheat.
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Oct 1, 2013 · Since God is perfectly good only if God’s agency is unsurpassable, necessarily, God is not perfectly good. The argument is as follows: Necessarily, God actualizes some world
Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus declared, “No one is good—except God alone” (Luke 18:19). First John 1:5 tells us that “God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all.” To say that God is good means that God always acts in accordance to what is right, true, and good. Goodness is part of God’s nature, and He cannot contradict His nature.
Sep 29, 2004 · When Paul insists that “good” acts are the will of God, he is making sure that we do not treat Christianity as a mystical religion with no concrete moral demands. He is saying: there is good and evil in the world. God wills the good. Do good things, and you will be doing the will of God.
- Overview – The Concept of God
- The Divine Attributes
- Problems/Inconsistencies
The concept of God in A level philosophy is the concept of God as understood by the three main monotheistic religions – Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Typically, these religions agree that God has the following 4 divine attributes: 1. Omnipotence 2. Omniscience 3. Omnibenevolence 4. Eternal/everlasting However, there are a number of arguments wh...
God, as commonly understood, has a number of key characteristics. These characteristics can be described as the ‘divine attributes’. The divine attributes are as follows:
The problem of the stone
If God is omnipotent (all powerful), can God create a stone so heavy He can’t lift it? 1. If He can’t then he’s not powerful enough to createthis stone 2. But if He can then he’s not powerful enough to liftthe stone Either way, there is something God cannot do – which means He’s not omnipotent. Possible response: George Mavrodes replies to the problem of the stone by arguing that ‘a stone an omnipotent being can’t lift’ is not a possible thing – it’s a contradiction. And, as discussed in omni...
The euthyphro dilemma
The Euthyphro dilemma takes its name from Plato’s Euthyphro. Back then, it was directed against the many Gods of ancient Greece. However, it can be adapted to the modern concept of God. The Euthyphro dilemma looks at whether morality is created by, or independent of, God. Applied to the moral judgement ‘torturing babies is wrong’, we can ask: 1. Is torturing babies wrong because God saysit’s wrong? 2. Or, does God say ‘don’t torture babies’ becauseit is wrong? If the second option is the case...
Omniscience vs. free will
1. As an omniscient being, God knows everything. 2. If God knows everything, then He must know what I’m going to do before I do it– for example, drink beer 3. If God already knows that I’m going to drink the beer before I do it, then it must be truethat I drink the beer 4. If it’s true that I drink the beer, then it can’t be falsethat I drink the beer. 5. In other words, I don’t have a choice. And if I don’t have a choice to either drink or not drink the beer, then I don’t have free will. So,...
Mar 11, 2019 · If God is the most perfect, supreme being, infinite and incomprehensible, then certain perfect-making attributes must be true of him. Perfections like aseity, simplicity, immutability, and eternity shield God from being crippled by creaturely limitations.
May 20, 2022 · The Bible often describes God as “good,” but what does that really mean? How do we reconcile a good God with our current suffering, the violence of the Old Testament, or even with the brutality of the cross? And what benefit is there in “doing good”?
