Omnipotence

4. Setting and Time: The stranger was published in 1942 and takes place in French Algeria in the 1940’s. The french began invading Algeria in the 1830’s and by the 1940’s, Algiers was considered French territory. Because of this, French and Christian customs played a large role in societal expectations and anyone who did not conform to those values, was considered an outsider. Manifested throughout the book, it is seen that the French have a superior mindset over the Arabs. Raymond Sintes…

sizable portion of the piece is about the injustice of power in this new ‘republic.’ Centinel I specifically focused on the collection of taxes, and how giving this free range power to congress, it gives a lot of room for despotism, due to the omnipotence of congress. Finally, they examine the coming aristocracy if the constitution was put into effect. Centinel believed that only those who were high class, and educated would ever be in office, and would then unjustly represent the people. In all…

have ultimate power he restricts himself because he allowed good and bad to not exist without each other and he cannot stop it. Mackie also argues that “Evil is necessary as a means to good." He states that this also brings restriction to Gods omnipotence, because if evil is necessary, then why did God create it, he could have made the world in a different way where evil does not have to depend on good to exist, why did he not just create the good. Another…

------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Justice: The God of the Bible is a just God in that He has complete authority over everything He created. God’s justice is reflected in His law. ------------------------------------------------- Read Exodus 20:1-21 & Matthew 22:37-40. What are the characteristics of God in these passages? Exodus 20:1-21 Tells how god is a jealous God…

why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?” it is a critical question. C.S. Lewis helps offer some answers to this question in his book entitled: The Problem of Pain. In this book, Mr. Lewis draws our attention to the following: the divine omnipotence, the goodness of the divine to name a few. Moreover, For the purpose of this book review, I will focus my attention on the points mentioned above. The problem of pain according to C.S Lewis is that God either lacks goodness or power or both.…

Maurice Wiles rejects the idea of an interventionist God that created the universe. He does not reject it on the grounds of logic or science and he doesn’t see anything logically wrong with the idea that God could choose whether he wanted create miracles or not, but rather he rejected them from a moral perspective. The one miracle Wiles believes in is that God created and is sustaining the world, but he does not intervene in single acts. Wiles defines miracles as “the primary usage for the idea…

Montaigne's "Apology for Raimond Sebond" This philosophical study will provide a contrast analysis on the theme of reasoning in Mirandola’s "Oration on the Dignity of Man” and Montaigne’s “Apology for Raimond Sebond.” Mirandola’s essay defines how God’s omnipotence provides human beings with free will and the powers of reasoning. This Neoplatonic perspective defines how human philosophers have the ability to ascend into an angelic state of mind, which makes them more “god-like” in this type of…

Compassionate, the Beneficent and the Gracious. Another example is Al-Majid, meaning the Glorified. These names are especially reserved for him and provide the nature of his Ultimate aspect. Allah is omnipotent, meaning he is everywhere all at once. His omnipotence is meant to instill fear in his followers. His awe-striking power inspires fear (Smith 157). It is not meant to depict tyranny, but is more of a realistic reaction to a divine being who exists so much higher than any human does (Smith…

determine whether it has any relation to Aramaic, language of Jesus. Father Gonzaga is also asked to determine how many times the old man’s head can fit on the head of pin, which contributes to the further discrimination to catholicism to prove God’s omnipotence. The old man with wings is also being noticed as a Norwegian sailor making sounds from church leaving out reality. Marquez criticizes those like the old man because it seems that they do not realize the greater significance of life.…

Does morality depend on God? Is it God’s commands that make actions right or wrong? These arguments were originally inspired by the story of Euthyphro, written by Plato, where a dilemma, commonly known as Euthyphro’s dilemma, stems from the dialogue between the two main characters. It poses the question of whether an action is pious because it is loved by the Gods, or if it’s loved by the Gods because it is pious. As time went by, a modernized model of this argument came to life and from that, a…