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17 Cards in this Set
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Omnipotence
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God is all powerful
-can God commit suicide -perform evil -break laws of logic -create beings he has no control of. |
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Omnibenevolent
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God is all loving
-the problem of evil - The Euthyphro dilemma - is x good because God commands it or does God command x because it is good. |
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Omniscient
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God is all knowing
-can Gods knowledge increase over time -problem of freewill |
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Eternal
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God exists outside of time
-has no beginning and no end, is not subject to time and will always exist. |
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Simple
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According to Augustine ...
-God does not consist of parts -have characteristics -immutable -simply exists |
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omniscience Paradox with omnipotence
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God cannot increase his knowledge.
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Omniscience and first person knowledge
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God cannot experience our emotions and so doesn't know what it is like to be us.
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Aquinas/Descartes response to omniscience arguements
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A: God can do and know anything logical
D: God can do anything. |
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Omniscience and the problem of free will
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If he knows everything why does he let bad things happen, he is meant to be all powerful.
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Omniscience and contradictions with free will
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If God knows what we will do it is not free will.
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Boethius response to omniscience argument
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God is outside of time and he is watching things happen as they happen.
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Boethius - The book
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-Written in prison whilst awaiting trial for treason
-Dialogue between himself and lady philosophy -discussion concerning transitory nature of existence -why do bad men profit and good men fall into ruin? |
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Boethius view on human nature
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-humans are good
-when they give into wickedness they sink to an animal level -god is always fair -only god can punish criminals deserve sympathy. |
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The problem of gods omniscience and our free will - Boethius
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-God knows what we will do and cannot be wrong
- implying predestination - if we are predestined God has no right to punish us. |
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Necessary behavior - Boethius
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Simple necessity - "what is"
conditional necessity - "what will be" depend on many factors |
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Boethius example of a chariot race
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God is like a spectator at a chariot race, he watches the actions the charioteers perform, but this does not cause them.
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Boethius and Gods eternity
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God does not exist in the physical world, he is transcendent and exists in eternity.
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