Omnipotence

The Exposition of the Problem of Evil In my paper, I will present the argument Weirob gives on the Problem of Evil, and explain Miller’s response to the Problem of Evil. I will explain why the character of Weirob argues it is impossible for an omniscient, omnipotent, and totally good God to exist simultaneously with evil in the world and go into detail about how Weirob believes that if God has these traits, He should be able to eliminate all evils in the world before they occur. Then I will…

. Another atheist argument is that if God was the first cause, God must himself have been the effect of some cause. If not, then the premise that every effect has a cause is untrue, and God could not have created the universe because he could not have been "the first cause." There is just as much evidence that some other phenomenon created the universe, such as the Big Bang. Another argument for atheism examines the presence of evil on Earth. If God is omnibenevolent, how can he allow such evil…

is the problem of evil. One version of the problem of evil takes a purely logical structure: that is, it tries to demonstrate that the existence of evil and suffering is conflicting with certain traditional qualities of God. These qualities are omnipotence and goodness. Since God has both the methods and the motive to avoid or evacuate evil, it is hard to see why it ought to exist by any means. The second and more basic version of the problem is inductive as opposed to purely logical. Generally…

If God exists, he must be omniscient (all-knowing), omnipotent (all-powerful), and omnibenevolent (all good). However, there is evil in this world. Evil is defined by suffering. Then comes the question of whether God exists and if he does, then why is there still evil and suffering in the world? If God were truly omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent, then our world would not contain evil whatsoever. There is a whole range of people who experience suffering but it is best to narrow it down…

Mackie who wrote a paper, “Evil and Omnipotence,” which claims that God and evil don’t exist in an either/or dichotomy- that can both exist. However, the thinking and understanding of both together tend to contradict traditional Christian views on God. Mackie states that, “a good omnipotent thing…

While the ultimate goals of Tamburlaine’s enemies are doomed to failure, in the same way Tamburlaine’s goal is unreachable. This truth leads to another of the themes treated in the play - natural order. Natural order is challenged when the shepherd Tamburlaine declares that he wants to become a god. He says that in Scene 2 of Act I: “Jove sometimes masked in a shepherd’s weed, And by those steps that he hath scaled the heavens, May we become immortal like the gods.” (p.13) His hopes are in vain…

The doctrine that there is no succession in the eternality of God, neither denies nor explains his foreknowledge. It is impossible for us to know and understand God’s knowledge with our human understanding. The sixth and seventh attributes are omnipotence and goodness. God can do what He wants when He wants. God cannot do things against His moral perfection. He also cannot do things that contradict one another. God’s goodness means God is infinitely benevolent. God’s goodness can also be said…

's heart hardens when they do not consider the word of God over their circumstances. He represents the common human dissatisfaction with being human and the struggle of accepting our lack of omnipotence and omniscience. Dr. Faustus says “O, what a world of profit and delight, / Of power, of honor, of omnipotence, / Is promise to the studious artisan! / Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man. / A sound magician is a mighty god ( 1.1. 53-55, 61-62 ). All of this means that magic will give him…

the existence of God is in doubt by many. I am arguing Philosopher Simon Blackburn’s claim that the existence of evil strongly suggests that there isn’t a god who is all-good, all-knowing and all-powerful is wrong. Since God is omniscience, omnipotence and omnibenevolence, Blackburn believes the idea of God contradicts all the bad happening in this world. He supposes if god had more power, he would destroy evil. Since evil exists, then god isn’t what we claim he is. There are suffering,…

fundamental freedom of will. Moreover, the world without freedom would be an overall worse place. Through an examination of this explanation, it seems to preserve God 's goodness, because he created the best possible world. It also preserves his omnipotence and omniscience, because although he does know about evil and could stop it, the reason he chooses not to interfere is to ensure our freedom. Through this justification, I can see why this argument has become the most widely accepted. It…