According to Thomas Aquinas (and the resultant eight centuries of pretty dreary theology) God cannot end his own existence, or even contemplate doing so. Two arguments:
1. God is perfect. For a perfect being to undergo change renders that being non-perfect. If God were to end his existence, or even contemplate doing so, he would not be God.
2. Everything that exists is either necessary (exists for its own sake) or contingent (exists because of the existence of something else). The universe is contingent upon the existence of God (that is, the universe would not exist if God did not exist). If the universe did not exist, there would be no possible framework upon which to judge existence or non-existence. God not existing is therefore a meaningless concept.
(Told you it was dreary).
Boru
1. God is perfect. For a perfect being to undergo change renders that being non-perfect. If God were to end his existence, or even contemplate doing so, he would not be God.
2. Everything that exists is either necessary (exists for its own sake) or contingent (exists because of the existence of something else). The universe is contingent upon the existence of God (that is, the universe would not exist if God did not exist). If the universe did not exist, there would be no possible framework upon which to judge existence or non-existence. God not existing is therefore a meaningless concept.
(Told you it was dreary).
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
