Omnipotence

Introduction The existence of an omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent God is coherent despite the subsistence of horrendous evil in the world. Two major points are argued for in this paper lead to this conclusion. Firstly, evil is deemed not to be a “thing”; for everything in the world is created by the omnibenevolent God and as a good being; God is not one to create evil things (Jackson, 2014). Critics argue that if God exists and if God is all-powerful, all-knowing and all-good; He would…

of them by expressing, “Like everyone in his right mind, I feared Santa Claus, thinking he was God” (Dillard, 1982, p. 71). Associating her perception of Santa Claus, to her perception of God because of their similar condemnatory authority and omnipotence. (M.S. 8) Dillard’s tone recognizes her fear of God’s power to punish her and she therefore perceives him as wrathful. As Dillard begins to understand God’s love, she questions his mercy, “Even now I wonder: if I meet God, will he take and hold…

likeness in front of God compared with other creators in the universe. In God’s creation, human beings are made on his reflection of image and likeness. God is significant for the Hebrew people because they believe God has chosen their people. Omnipotence, omniscience, and love are three characteristics that show God is the most important character in the Hebrew culture. This is the reason the Hebrew people believe that God is the important character in their society. Their people always…

As a believer of the divine, one could make three statements about the world: 1, God is omnipotent 2, God is wholly good and 3, evil exists. J.L. Mackie takes a logical approach to why there is evil in this world and concludes that if God is what He is defined as – omnipotent, omniscient, and wholly good – evil should not exist for either God is not omnipotent, meaning all powerful, or He is not wholly good. Mackie claims that at least one characteristic of the divine must be untrue because it…

66. What is God, or better, WHO IS ‘GOD’? • Undeniably, the belief system of anyone is closely connected to the achieved step on the ladder of Evolution. Therefore, an inherent aptitude cannot be voluntarily modified into something else the person cannot be ‘mentally comfortable’ with. Not surprisingly, that throughout the history, in the natural absence of the clear consensus on Existence of God and character of God, various concepts have emerged among Terrestrial Humans. To some is heart…

The problem of evil can be defined as the problem of reconciling the presence of evil with the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent and a perfectly good God (Holt, 2008). This theory surrounds the God of classical theism in which Epicurus formulated. The theory states that God is known as an all-knowing, all powerful and all loving being and therefore, how can suffering be existent in a world where God is all- powerful. Augustine made a comment saying “Either God cannot abolish evil, or he…

G-d’s Omnipotence: Can a man truly know G-d? When a person studies His attributes, he can easily feel distant from G-d and He becomes unapproachable. How may one approach G-d’s throne with the intent to know Him more? Questions like this have perplexed human minds since the dawn of time. Throughout the ages, man has tried to know G-d and grasp Him in all of His fullness. Yet, all has been in vain. The Holy scriptures speak of G-d’s great wisdom and omnipotence that no man can fathom.…

In the piece of Ontological Argument, St. Anselm argues that being able to exist in both reality and in understanding is the best to humans. He specifically focuses on the topic of an omnient God. He does use a reducto in his argument, so part of the premises contradict, but this contradiction strengthens the proof for the conclusion. I agree with his point of view. St. Anselm refers back to the difference between conceiving in concept vs in realty, all though out his writing. With an example…

Defining something as large and complex as God is something hard to process. So for our purposes, we will call God the GCB or greatest conceivable being. A GCB can be agreed upon as a being who is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, and omnibenevolent, meaning all-knowing, able to do anything, able to be everywhere at the same time, and all-loving. For thousands of years, people have debated the idea of a GCB. This debate has led to countless wars and many deaths. The idea of theism (the belief…

What is evil? That is a very involved question. Some may say that there is no such thing as evil and that everything that happens, happens for a reason and that we are just too simple minded or close to the situation to see what the purpose of it is. But for most evil is something “bad” it’s the opposite of good, it’s something we don’t like and try our hardest to not indulge in. To me there are two main types of evil. There’s natural evil like hurricanes, tornados, natural acts of the wild such…