If you want me to address this, please reformulate the propositions into a single question.
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Given your position (DCT), our intuitions regarding perfection are meaningless as a guide. According to you, whatever God does, he is perfect by definition. I don't see how that precludes him from being able to lie.
Why would that not be possible? You already conceded that you would unquestioningly kill men, women, and children at the behest of some divine authority.The above is an example of a counterfactual with an impossible antecedent. It is not possible that my beliefs would demand of me to relinquish up Jewish children over to the Nazis in order that they be subjected to their evil and egregious machinations.
There is a more general question embedded in this: what makes one a good philosopher?
That makes no sense.
That reads like "married, so he is a bachelor".
To "fulfill justice" is to give due punishment.
Showing mercy is the exact opposite.
I already outlined what I considered important to good philosophy. You ignored it.The term "good" in this context is largely a subjective matter. I would say that one who has a good command, knowledge, and understanding of his specific discipline with an ability to clearly elucidate his views is a good philosopher. You may disagree.
Historical reasons. Albion did a reasonable job explaining that in post #96. Wikipedia can fill you in on a bit more:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy
eudaimonia,
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If so, why does he get a degree called "Doctor of Philosophy"? Why not just "Doctor of Physics"?
You mean wise people in recent academic history made a big mistake?
You witnesses that the Bible is really a wonderful Book.
No. You're making a mistake by not understanding that words can have different meanings in different contexts.
If by "wonderful", you mean "self-contradicting" on this issue - I agree.
I also note that you haven't once even attempted at explaining why "mercy" in the case of your god is not "the suspension of justice"...
All you did was assert that and you keep repeating the assertion, as if you are making any kind of point. But you're not. You're just repeating your claim.
But what else is new, off course...
I am not that enthusiastic about this thread. Being allowed to ask one question and getting a frustratingly non-responsive answer without the opportunity to ask further...
I see, though, how that´s convenient for you. No matter how huge the inconsistencies in your views, they never can be exposed that way.
You are not trying to learn. So I saved my explanation. (of course.)
Better to have under what criteria? I can imagine it better to have the ability to lie than not have the ability to lie - for example, if you want to protect Jewish children from the Gestapo, which you yourself mentioned.
That's not very convincing. All he does is claim that lying is a weakness (in what sense?) and that God cannot be weak, so therefore, he cannot lie. But that would seem to be discordant with one of the foundational premises of Christianity, which is that God willingly became "weak" so that, through him, we could become strong (1).To answer this I will direct you to a treatment of this issue in section 3.2 of the article linked below.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/anselm/#ConDivAtt
I am not that enthusiastic about this thread. Being allowed to ask one question and getting a frustratingly non-responsive answer without the opportunity to ask further...
I see, though, how that´s convenient for you. No matter how huge the inconsistencies in your views, they never can be exposed that way.
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