RE: Is "being the creator of everything" an essential characteristic of the xtian god?
October 5, 2014 at 6:35 am
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2014 at 6:36 am by fr0d0.)
"Is "being the creator of everything" an essential characteristic of the xtian god?"
Yes. I think the central understanding of God comes from this point. As Aquinas says, him being first cause necessitates a few attributes. He had to be pure good for anything to eminate from him. An originating force cannot be self defeating. It goes on.
Yes. I think the central understanding of God comes from this point. As Aquinas says, him being first cause necessitates a few attributes. He had to be pure good for anything to eminate from him. An originating force cannot be self defeating. It goes on.