(October 16, 2019 at 7:52 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 16, 2019 at 7:51 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Obviously there's a lot of variation among Christians.
The God of [most] theologians and philosophers doesn't have any motivations. It is impassible, has no desires, wants nothing, etc.
This is irreconcilable with the sola scriptura literalist view.
Then how is it possible for such a Being to be creative?
Boru
Again, there are different ideas about this.
One is that God emanates the world through an abundance of goodness. bonum diffusivum sui
One of the most widespread conceptions of God, or the One, is that it is completely simple, with no parts. Given that, it is impossible for there to be two things: 1) God, and 2) what God wants. Or 1) God, and 2) what God knows.
This whole lecture series looks pretty good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sic5OdUIkgk
The episode here introduces some of the Neoplatonic ideas of the One that found their way into Christianity.
