A short intro to the attributes of God according to classical theism. God is omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnibenevolent (all-good). Or so says the view known as classical theism.Here God's attributes are described together with some accompanying philosophical problems for omnipotence, omniscience, and omnibenevolence.
Theism, atheism, and agnosticism are also defined and God's pronouns are addressed.
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0:00 Introduction
0:11 Using the term "God" in English
1:17 Assumptions NOT being made
1:38 Omnipotence (all-powerful) and the paradox of the stone
2:14 Omniscience (all-knowing) and the problem of foreknowledge
2:51 Omnibenevolence (all-good) and the problem of evil
3:23 Correct definitions of theist , atheist , and agnostic .
4:26 God's pronouns (i.e. God's gender, God's sex)
4:50 God is a person
5:12 God is eternal or everlasting
Further Reading
For a highly readable overview, see Baile Peterson's, "Attributes of God" at 1000 Word Philosophy:
1000wordphilosophy.com/2018/0...
For a more in-depth discussion, see William Wainwright's "Concepts of God" at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
plato.stanford.edu/entries/co...
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24 июл 2024