Teleological argument and deconstructs them in order to find fault within the logic. The first one that I shall present is Hume’s argument to disparage the claim that one can find only order and good design within the universe. Hume throws the omnipotence and benevolence of God into question when he highlights the fact that there is much suffering and pain and evidence of bad design in the world around us. It is easy to suggest that the world is not harmonious within the workings and regulations
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spiritual man whose views differed from other popular beliefs such as the Greeks and Romans. What he learned from Neo-Platonism‚ Christian belief‚ and all his experiences in his early life allowed him to truly grasp what grace meant and how God’s omnipotence affected human
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If we are certain that God is all wise‚ full of compassion‚ kindheartedness‚ and love then we must confess there must have been a good reason He chose the petrifying and bloody lust of His cherished Son as the means for our revitalization. “His Omnipotence means power to do all that is intrinsically possible‚ not to do the intrinsically impossible. You may attribute miracles to Him‚ but not nonsense. There is no limit to His power.” Many chose to believe that rationally impossible occasionally complicates
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Omnipotence and St. Thomas Aquinas Omnipotence literally means the ability to do all things‚ or to have absolute power. This quality seems to be generally accepted as an intrinsic characteristic of the Judaeo-Christian god‚ as it says in Luke I. 37‚ "...there is nothing that God cannot do.". Certain objections can be raised to attributing this characteristic to god however‚ in-so-far as this characteristic seems to conflict with other accepted attributes of god. In The Summa Theologica St. Thomas
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increasing computing industry and the predominance of capitalism within the late 20th Century. Hence‚ an analysis of both in light of their differing contexts reveal how Shelley and Scott ultimately warn us of the dire consequences of our desire for omnipotence and unrestrained scientific progress‚ concepts which link the two texts throughout time. Composed in a time of major scientific developments‚ including Galvani’s concept of electricity as a reanimating force‚ Shelley’s Frankenstein utilises the
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The only discussed solution that does not hold God responsible for evil in the world is the compatibilist approach to free will. Upon formulating this solution the two major issues are on the interpretation of omnipotence and freedom. Omnipotence has been revealed to be an almost meaningless term by way of the paradoxes that it gives rise to‚ such as the ability or inability of an omnipotent God to make rules or animals that restrict its own powers. The interpretation discussed
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The definition of omnipotence is to have unlimited authority or power. As God is said to be omnipotent this means he/she falls under the omnipotence paradox. The omnipotence paradox is a family of paradoxes that contradict the overall definition of omnipotence. If a God is omnipotent then they should be able to create a task that they are unable to do which contradicts the definition of omnipotence. Some of the paradoxes include: Can God create a stone so heavy
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actually means. A long side this‚ numerous contradictions‚ incoherencies and philosophical problems arise‚ all of which lead me to conclude that man’s traditional conception of God is simply an impossibility. The traditional conception of God’s omnipotence is that God can do absolutely everything‚ including the logically impossible. Holding this view‚ God has the capability to do things that are logically contradictory‚ such as make square circles and make boxes he can’t lift and then lift them‚ and
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1. The three primary divine attributes: Omnipotence: God has maximal powerful‚ is all powerful‚ capable of doing anything Omniscience: God is all seeing and all knowing Omnibenevolence: God does only good‚ God is morally perfect and is considered the source of morality Two secondary divine attributes: Omniprescence: God is present everywhere at the same time Incorporeal: God is not composed of matter‚ has no material existence
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of the task renders it an inadequate gauge of God’s omnipotence‚ and reminds us that power is determined only by tasks performed within the realm of possibility. God’s inability to fulfill this illogical task has no bearing on the extent of his power and does not discredit belief of his omnipotence in any way. Harry G. Frankfurt offers a different‚ slightly more confusing‚ response to the paradox. Frankfurt asks you to suppose God’s omnipotence enables him to do even what is logically impossible
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