(September 28, 2018 at 2:27 pm)polymath257 Wrote:(September 28, 2018 at 12:40 pm)SteveII Wrote: I know definitions are hard for a lot of atheists. To repeat myself, bravery requires fear. We can REASON that an eternal, omnipotent and omniscient being does not fear. See, no "picking and choosing involved"--all reasoning and logic. This is not rocket science.
Which means that this deity cannot be maximal for this property, even though it is a good property.
But, you have not actually said *why* a deity cannot experience fear. For example, did Jesus ever experience fear? Why or why not?
No one ever claimed God must have every property that is good. The claim is that every property he has is the greatest possible version of that property.
fear
ˈfir/
noun
- 1.
an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.
Since God cannot experience something dangerous to him and he cannot hold any false beliefs, he cannot have fear.