RE: The Reason I'm Atheist
April 16, 2023 at 9:49 am
(This post was last modified: April 16, 2023 at 9:54 am by Anomalocaris.)
(April 15, 2023 at 11:31 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: To me, perfection means the lack of privation or limitation. The Negative Way proceeds from an understanding that empirical observation of the world reveals its limitations and thereby allows the devout to see in outline various 'positive' attributes of God...noncontigent, self-sustaining, singularity, simplicity, etc. Its pretty much all there in the Summa.
if he is without limitation then he would not need to impose limitations on his creations to serve any end.
imperfection in his creatio bespeaks if his imperfection. limitation in his perfection betrays his limitation.
your god is an abusive tyrant who will beat the shit out of you if you did not praise from your heart his omnibenevolence at all times.