RE: Is "being the creator of everything" an essential characteristic of the ...
October 5, 2014 at 3:25 pm
(October 5, 2014 at 6:58 am)Baqal Wrote:(October 5, 2014 at 6:35 am)fr0d0 Wrote: He had to be pure good for anything to eminate from him. An originating force cannot be self defeating. It goes on."He had to be pure good"... Why's that? Why couldn't He be a big, evil tyrant? I do not see why His characteristics have to depend on His abilities.
Because something bad = something destructive yes? A first cause of everything can't be destructive. It couldn't produce anything. Therefore, if existence had a creator, that had to be a positive force.