Omnipotence
... Maimonides suggests, (B) God need not be able to do what is logically impossible in order to be omnipotent. As Aquinas put it, the "phrase, God can do all things, is rightly understood to mean that God can do all things that are possible.''10 In the same passage Aquinas goes on to suggest that being ...
... Maimonides suggests, (B) God need not be able to do what is logically impossible in order to be omnipotent. As Aquinas put it, the "phrase, God can do all things, is rightly understood to mean that God can do all things that are possible.''10 In the same passage Aquinas goes on to suggest that being ...
God as Substance without Substance Ontology
... thing. In particular he is not an aspect or an emergent property or the ‘being’ of the world. That God is concrete rules out some non-traditional versions of theism, as they are popular among theologians of the last two hundred years. Theologians who say that there is a God but that he is not a pers ...
... thing. In particular he is not an aspect or an emergent property or the ‘being’ of the world. That God is concrete rules out some non-traditional versions of theism, as they are popular among theologians of the last two hundred years. Theologians who say that there is a God but that he is not a pers ...
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... But certainly this cannot be. There exists, therefore, beyond doubt something than which a greater cannot be imagined, both in the understanding and in reality.” (Anselm of Canterbury: Proslogion, Translation by Jonathan Barnes) ...
... But certainly this cannot be. There exists, therefore, beyond doubt something than which a greater cannot be imagined, both in the understanding and in reality.” (Anselm of Canterbury: Proslogion, Translation by Jonathan Barnes) ...
Gödel`s Ontological Proof of the Existence of God
... presented it in his seminar at Princeton University in the fall of 1970. ...
... presented it in his seminar at Princeton University in the fall of 1970. ...
Principled Atheism in the Buddhist Scholastic Traditionpdftex
... description. Furthermore, it is not clear how one could ever be certain that a given woman were the loveliest in the world, unless he could see every woman in the world and know that he had seen every woman. Similarly, it is not clear how a religious seeker could be sure that he had correctly identi ...
... description. Furthermore, it is not clear how one could ever be certain that a given woman were the loveliest in the world, unless he could see every woman in the world and know that he had seen every woman. Similarly, it is not clear how a religious seeker could be sure that he had correctly identi ...
Examining Objections to the Problem of Divine Hiddenness
... salvation) and totally powerful (he can do whatever is metaphysically possible), as these qualities are attributed to the traditional Christian God, as well as to the God described by most Western philosophers. II. Classifying the Objections Christian philosophers and theologians have provided many ...
... salvation) and totally powerful (he can do whatever is metaphysically possible), as these qualities are attributed to the traditional Christian God, as well as to the God described by most Western philosophers. II. Classifying the Objections Christian philosophers and theologians have provided many ...
Descartes` Trademark argument
... the cause of an idea of something that is ‘not finite’ and ‘not imperfect’. Could I not come up with the idea of God by simply thinking away all limitations? But this negative conception of infinity and perfection is not the idea of God, Descartes claims, which requires a positive conception of thes ...
... the cause of an idea of something that is ‘not finite’ and ‘not imperfect’. Could I not come up with the idea of God by simply thinking away all limitations? But this negative conception of infinity and perfection is not the idea of God, Descartes claims, which requires a positive conception of thes ...
Lesson 3 - God in Hinduism
... that only the creator, or God, was there. But if we ask, "What was God like before creation?" then Hinduism's reply will be that God was in a transcendental state of existence before creation. The word "transcendental" means that God's existence was beyond our time, space and c ...
... that only the creator, or God, was there. But if we ask, "What was God like before creation?" then Hinduism's reply will be that God was in a transcendental state of existence before creation. The word "transcendental" means that God's existence was beyond our time, space and c ...
Monism - www.BahaiStudies.net
... that God created the universe ex nihilo and not from himself, nor within himself, so that the creator is not to be confused with creation, but rather transcends it (metaphysical dualism) (cf. Genesis). Even the more immanent concepts and theologies are to be defined together with God's omnipotence, ...
... that God created the universe ex nihilo and not from himself, nor within himself, so that the creator is not to be confused with creation, but rather transcends it (metaphysical dualism) (cf. Genesis). Even the more immanent concepts and theologies are to be defined together with God's omnipotence, ...
Seventeenth Century Philosophy and the Idea of God
... 4. Johannes Kepler: Mathematical reasons are co-eternal with God, for the rationality of mathematics is God’s own reasoning. We can understand the universe as God created it, through the use of geometry, calculation, and so on. Therefore, humans can know the mind of God. 5. Galileo Galilei: Followin ...
... 4. Johannes Kepler: Mathematical reasons are co-eternal with God, for the rationality of mathematics is God’s own reasoning. We can understand the universe as God created it, through the use of geometry, calculation, and so on. Therefore, humans can know the mind of God. 5. Galileo Galilei: Followin ...
Special Providence - St John in the Wilderness Adult Education and
... So is there any place in this picture for miracles, for radically unnatural events – turning water into wine, raising the dead to life, events that violate the laws of nature? Wouldn’t they violate God’s twin gifts to the universe of reliability and independence? ...
... So is there any place in this picture for miracles, for radically unnatural events – turning water into wine, raising the dead to life, events that violate the laws of nature? Wouldn’t they violate God’s twin gifts to the universe of reliability and independence? ...
The Cosmological Argument
... This idea could not have been caused by ourselves, because we know ourselves to be limited and imperfect and no effect can be greater than its cause. Therefore, the idea must have been caused by something outside us which has nothing less than the qualities contained in the idea of God. But only God ...
... This idea could not have been caused by ourselves, because we know ourselves to be limited and imperfect and no effect can be greater than its cause. Therefore, the idea must have been caused by something outside us which has nothing less than the qualities contained in the idea of God. But only God ...
Arguments for God`s Existence
... This idea could not have been caused by ourselves, because we know ourselves to be limited and imperfect and no effect can be greater than its cause. Therefore, the idea must have been caused by something outside us which has nothing less than the qualities contained in the idea of God. But only God ...
... This idea could not have been caused by ourselves, because we know ourselves to be limited and imperfect and no effect can be greater than its cause. Therefore, the idea must have been caused by something outside us which has nothing less than the qualities contained in the idea of God. But only God ...
The Cosmological Argument
... As originally proposed by Pascal, the Wager assumes that logical reasoning by itself cannot decide for or against God’s existence; there seems to be good reasons on both sides. Now since reason cannot decide for sure, and since the question is of such importance that we must decide somehow, then we ...
... As originally proposed by Pascal, the Wager assumes that logical reasoning by itself cannot decide for or against God’s existence; there seems to be good reasons on both sides. Now since reason cannot decide for sure, and since the question is of such importance that we must decide somehow, then we ...
Descartes` Meditations God exists ? Descartes` Second Proof of
... distinct perceptions once we’ve proven God exists. • But we can’t prove that God exists without relying on the accuracy of our clear and distinct perceptions. • Perhaps we really can’t get beyond our own existence as a thinking thing when we set such stringent requirements for ourselves. ...
... distinct perceptions once we’ve proven God exists. • But we can’t prove that God exists without relying on the accuracy of our clear and distinct perceptions. • Perhaps we really can’t get beyond our own existence as a thinking thing when we set such stringent requirements for ourselves. ...
Descartes’ Meditations
... • In Logic: (x)(Sx & Rx & Bx). • S (small), R (red), and B (being a ball) are all qualities, but not (existence) is not. ...
... • In Logic: (x)(Sx & Rx & Bx). • S (small), R (red), and B (being a ball) are all qualities, but not (existence) is not. ...
Intellectual Theology
... A narrator narrates the praise of an Imam (as) without an external verification is useless, because it is self praising due to the circulation or loop. ...
... A narrator narrates the praise of an Imam (as) without an external verification is useless, because it is self praising due to the circulation or loop. ...
LP4_DescartesHume
... is not analytic. As a matter of fact, God may not exist, no matter what our concept. DESCARTES can have 2 possible REPLIES to HUME: 1. “God exists” is analytic, because as the maximal being, it is incoherent to deny God existence. God being God must include existence. (STILL doesn’t prove it is so i ...
... is not analytic. As a matter of fact, God may not exist, no matter what our concept. DESCARTES can have 2 possible REPLIES to HUME: 1. “God exists” is analytic, because as the maximal being, it is incoherent to deny God existence. God being God must include existence. (STILL doesn’t prove it is so i ...
Preaching and Teaching1 - St John Lutheran Church, Elyria, Oh
... E. When David spoke of being made in secret and being formed in the depths of the earth, he used poetic language to describe human conception and development. Although hidden from normal human view, God can easily peer into the womb. F. David stated that God’s eyes saw him in his formless embryonic ...
... E. When David spoke of being made in secret and being formed in the depths of the earth, he used poetic language to describe human conception and development. Although hidden from normal human view, God can easily peer into the womb. F. David stated that God’s eyes saw him in his formless embryonic ...
How Man Should Understand God
... • No associates, no progeny – “Say: He is the One God, the God ever sought after. He is not born and does not beget. And there is nothing like Him.” (110) – “Warn mankind that there is no god save Me, so keep your duty unto Me.” (16:2) ...
... • No associates, no progeny – “Say: He is the One God, the God ever sought after. He is not born and does not beget. And there is nothing like Him.” (110) – “Warn mankind that there is no god save Me, so keep your duty unto Me.” (16:2) ...
Slide 1
... which can be moved” (Plato). • The fact that things undergo change, means that there must be a cause of change which is not itself caused to change by anything (Thomas Aquinas). ...
... which can be moved” (Plato). • The fact that things undergo change, means that there must be a cause of change which is not itself caused to change by anything (Thomas Aquinas). ...
Descartes reliance on the role of God – evaluation
... and Distinct Rule is justified by appealing to God and God is justified by appealing to the Clear and Distinct rule. • Trade mark argument relies on the premise that we all have innate ideas of God. Problems: what does this mean? / how can this be proven empirically?/ what about atheists?. • The pre ...
... and Distinct Rule is justified by appealing to God and God is justified by appealing to the Clear and Distinct rule. • Trade mark argument relies on the premise that we all have innate ideas of God. Problems: what does this mean? / how can this be proven empirically?/ what about atheists?. • The pre ...
essentials of hinduism
... to define Hinduism since it is not a particular creed but a way of life. No one person created this religion; it is the sum total of thoughts developed by sages and seers over many centuries. ESSSENCE OF HINDUISM Sanatana Dharma, more commonly known as Hinduism, is in essence an eternal order, a set ...
... to define Hinduism since it is not a particular creed but a way of life. No one person created this religion; it is the sum total of thoughts developed by sages and seers over many centuries. ESSSENCE OF HINDUISM Sanatana Dharma, more commonly known as Hinduism, is in essence an eternal order, a set ...
Brochure - Bharatiya Temple
... to define Hinduism since it is not a particular creed but a way of life. No one person created this religion; it is the sum total of thoughts developed by sages and seers over many centuries. ESSSENCE OF HINDUISM Sanatana Dharma, more commonly known as Hinduism, is in essence an eternal order, a set ...
... to define Hinduism since it is not a particular creed but a way of life. No one person created this religion; it is the sum total of thoughts developed by sages and seers over many centuries. ESSSENCE OF HINDUISM Sanatana Dharma, more commonly known as Hinduism, is in essence an eternal order, a set ...
Chapter 12 Is There a God?
... points in theological doctrine; Islamic thought about God’s existence in relation to the created universe ...
... points in theological doctrine; Islamic thought about God’s existence in relation to the created universe ...