Omnipotence

regard to the characteristics of such a being; God is Omnipotent, omniscient, and is morally perfect. Religions holding a singular God to be responsible for creation, have a similar belief, in that God, in his perfect goodness, used his powers of omnipotence, created a world, which he knows everything about, as he is also omniscient. Some of these characteristics have very clear consequences attached to them, leading to incoherence…

moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil is when humans freely choose to do something wrong and natural evil is where humans experience events which have bad or evil consequences. Judeo-Christian believers recognise God for his omnibenevolence, omnipotence, omniscience and his role as source of human ethics and the judge. This existence of evil is effective in challenging the existence of God because it contradicts the…

Epicurus was one of the first philosophers to consider the problem of evil and his question; “if He is both willing and able (to take away all evils), which alone is suitable to God, from what source then are evils? Or why does He not remove them?” , summarises concisely the issue which has been at the forefront of philosophical argument for thousands of years. To explore this question I will first consider what God is. In this essay I will refer to God in the orthodox monotheistic sense of the…

Try having a Christian explain, in laymen’s terms, the definition of God. Better yet, try explaining to someone any strong emotion felt by an individual in a clear-cut manner. The task is simply impossible. Every emotion which passes through the human vessel is entirely subjective to one’s own experience and understanding. A solution to this problem of universalizing an individual’s abstraction of an idea, could be to paint a metaphysical picture with the use of characteristics that are…

The concept of religion and God has been around this universe since the beginning of humanity, and for some followers, they even believe that the beginning of the universe is a work of the God they worship. By 2010, 84% of the world’s population are believers and followers of certain religions, and most of those religions contain the concept of God. (worldometers.info) From well-known religions such as Hinduism and Christianity, to cult religions such as TOBY (Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth),…

Nash). This is essential to note, because the early development of Christian world views dating back in ancient civilization was a critical development in Christianity. The consequences of Evil It is written in the Holy Bible, that evil came into existence, because God gave Adam and Eve free will, with instructions not to take from the tree of life. According to Nash, he asserts “God has good reasons for creating a world containing creatures that are significantly free, that is, free with regard…

When one examines religion, one often finds a glaring contradiction between the existence an all knowing, all powerful, all loving God, and evil. This is known as the problem of evil, and it has perplexed theists and atheists for centuries. One 20th century philosopher, J.L Mackie, used a formulation of the problem of evil in an attempt to disprove the existence of God. Over the course of his career, he sought to prove that God could not exist alongside evil. While Mackie’s argument is valid,…

such evil? Is God evil for allowing this? I think from the argument he conveys would be no, if freewill is the driving force would it be wrong to assume that we could turn our backs from God or already have? If he is good and we fall short of his omnipotence, could our free will be evil, thus making our self righteousness and our appearance of being “good” in a worldly sense, bad? Do we call what good, evil and what is evil,…

Throughout the medieval period, philosophers attempted to define this omnipotence by determining what is necessarily possible and what is not. In his Summa Theologica, Thomas Aquinas attempts to define omnipotence as the attribute of God wherein “God can do all things that are possible” (ST I, Q.25. A.3). Building on Aquinas’ definition, Duns Scotus qualifies God’s omnipotence by arguing that God is omnipotent if and only if the power of God cannot be surpassed. For Scotus…

As you look about the world, it is easy to see that evil surrounds us in abundance. From the simple idea of pain to agonizing despair, evil is in all corners of life that we face every day. When we lose something or someone close to us, many people’s initial thoughts are, “Why God?” They question how God could allow for something so awful to occur, and cause such misery. Many may ask, if God is an all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly moral being, why has he allowed for evil to wander freely…