Great Christian thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas questioned if God can be omnipotent using the Stone paradox as an example.
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Great Christian thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas questioned if God can be omnipotent using the Stone paradox as an example.That doesn't answer the dilemma. Is He good because whatever He does is good by definition, or because He's constrained to follow some objective moral code?
Fair enough.Hello AV
I've updated this post and have provided a way for you to talk about Shekinah energy.
Basically by you providing facts and then disclaiming where you are going off script and speculating.
Below is my edited post
"If I was a creationist, I would say that I believe the bible is right, but that the bible doesn't go into detail about how trees functioned without the sun. That I recognise it as a problem given what we know today about how trees function. If I was one to speculate on biblical matters I might say perhaps the trees were functioning on Shekinah energy. But I would certainly make clear to my audience that Shekinah energy is not mentioned in the bible and that this is pure speculation on my behalf."
FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, I submit that God created the plants, then imparted [here it comes] vital energy [/there it goes] on them, and the rest is history.
It attracts you, doesn't it?Defence by way of contradiction is not particularly attractive.
Yes, there are plenty of simple logical paradoxes regarding omnipotence, or omniscience, or omnibenevolence, etc., including some neat ways in which they are incompatible, but I particularly like the implications of the Euthyphro dilemmaGreat Christian thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas questioned if God can be omnipotent using the Stone paradox as an example.
Don't confuse perfection with omnipotence.
I prefer a modern version of the omnipotence paradox.Yes, there are plenty of simple logical paradoxes regarding omnipotence, or omniscience, or omnibenevolence, etc., including some neat ways in which they are incompatible, but I particularly like the implications of the Euthyphro dilemma
Well what he was doing, when he did that, was visualsing a hypothetical action which involved doing something contrary to what he can only do .. a big contradiction .. (and illogical).
For what its worth, AV's order of creation is
Outer space, sea, land, trees, sun, stars, and whales.
Of course i know what it means, and you make a lot of assumptions.
I am five ft tall, like men in biblical times.
Wanna guess my cubit?
But im curious what you do in face of the obvious inaccuracy
in the bible
And how long you figure the bible sez
it took "rocks" to form.
I don't think it is all that obvious to your audience what your capitalisation means.Fair enough.
A lot of times, I'll emphasize "IN MY OPINION" in big letters, just so they know.
Here's an example, where I referred to it as "vital energy," but especially note how I emphasized my point in all caps:
You'd have to go through my class first.I don't think it is all that obvious to your audience what your capitalisation means.
Also you included this stuff in your question and answer test as if your answers are definitive, rather than as a reflection of your own opinion of a potential solution to the question.
Just giving some feedback to you (hopefully its useful) I am not trying to attack or ridicule you.
Foreseeing a future event is not hypothetical it’s seeing something that would actually take place so since God cannot sin then He cannot see that He would actually sin in the future. It’s not like if we think about doing something then decide not to do it, that’s a hypothetical situation. For God to foresee it as a future event it must be within the realm of possibility.
Well Genesis says they were made in a day and Exodus says He created everything on the earth and in the heavens in 6 days.
That doesn't answer the dilemma. Is He good because whatever He does is good by definition, or because He's constrained to follow some objective moral code?
Like making a universe in 6 days?
You don’t believe God can do that in 6 days, why not?
Do you say that genesis is literally correct?
If not, i take it back.
I thought you believe the bible.
But your class is teaching people facts about the bible or AV's opinions and explanations regarding fitting the bible into the real world, and current scientific knowledge as we know it today?You'd have to go through my class first.
I can't expect you to know the answers without you first being taught the information.
Sorry I missed this post but did you go back and find the post where I said rocks were created in a day? Because I’m very anxious for you to read it in it’s entirety, it explains the answer to the question you keep asking me.
It is Creationism 101.But your class is teaching people facts about the bible or AV's opinions and explanations regarding fitting the bible into the real world, and current scientific knowledge as we know it today?
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