RE: Logical Disproofs of a Biblical Type God
June 12, 2021 at 10:30 pm
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2021 at 10:31 pm by Belacqua.)
(June 12, 2021 at 10:19 pm)JohnJubinsky Wrote: One question in my mind about the definition of god that you are using is that if god lacked nothing then why did it desire to create the universe instead of just existing in perfection?
There are various answers to this, depending on the thinker.
A common explanation is that bonum diffusivum sui -- the Good tends to spread itself. A good which exists for itself is not fully good. Goodness by its nature emanates, or spreads, or overflows itself.
Quote:Because of the 1st commandment my definition of a Biblical type god specifies that it freely holds that it should be worshiped.
Here, too there are various replies.
The literal God of the Old Testament is not the same as the God of the theologians or the philosophers. So I'm not talking here about the people who believe in an angry God taking direct action in people's lives.
You're arguing against the literal sola scriptura reading of the Bible, and I agree with you that such a reading doesn't make sense.
And as I mentioned, worship does nothing for God, but is good for the worshippers. Like prayer, it doesn't change God but may change the person praying. A simplified way to think of it is that God is the Good, and worship is a way of focussing your mind on that Good.