RE: Argument against "Divine Scripture"
January 2, 2012 at 7:52 pm
(This post was last modified: January 2, 2012 at 7:57 pm by Tobie.)
(January 2, 2012 at 7:42 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence and Omnibenelovence do tend(January 2, 2012 at 7:40 pm)tobie Wrote:(January 2, 2012 at 7:35 pm)Darwinian Wrote:(January 2, 2012 at 7:26 pm)tobie Wrote: This begs a question. Most, if not all, religions believe in an infallible God, incapable of making mistakes.
A god incapable of making mistakes could not, by definition, be omnipotent.
Sorry, just occurred to me
A prime example of one of the arguments
And on the other hand, an omniscient god (i.e. one with perfect knowledge) would seem incapable of making a mistake.
No theist I have ever talked to about this issue sees a paradox here, naturally.
to contradict one another don't they?
If a god was omnipotent, it would be able to create a task it could fail it. If it was omniscient, benelovent and present, it would be willing and able to prevent evil. If it was none of these, why believe in it?
(January 2, 2012 at 7:49 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Celsus was a Neo-Platonist who died in the late 2d century. He has an excuse....unlike our modern xtian morons.
What is his excuse? Being a pagan? Or simply being alive nearly 2000 years earlier?