Concept of god

• What are the three main monotheistic religions discussed in A level philosophy?

  Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
• What are the four divine attributes commonly agreed upon by monotheistic religions?

  • Omnipotence
  • Omniscience
  • Omnibenevolence
  • Eternal/everlasting
• What is the problem of the stone in relation to God's omnipotence?

  Can God create a stone He can't lift?
• What does omnipotence literally translate to?

  All powerful
• What is a logical contradiction in the context of omnipotence?

  Making triangles have four sides
• Who argued that logical impossibilities do not limit God's power?

  1. Thomas Aquinas
• What does omniscience literally translate to?

  All knowing
• What is the claim of omniscience regarding God's knowledge?

  God knows everything it is possible to know
• What does omnibenevolence literally translate to?

  All loving
• How is omnibenevolence best understood?

  God is perfectly good and never does evil
• What is the difference between 'everlasting' and 'eternal' in relation to God?

  Everlasting exists within time; eternal exists outside time
• How did Boethius describe time?

  As a circle experienced by humans
• What is T-simultaneity?

  Perception of simultaneous events by temporal beings
• What is E-simultaneity?

  Perception of simultaneous events by atemporal beings
• What is the problem of the stone's implication for God's omnipotence?

  It suggests God may not be omnipotent
• What does the Euthyphro dilemma question about morality?

  Is morality created by or independent of God?
• What challenge does the Euthyphro dilemma pose to God's omnipotence?

  It suggests morality limits God's power
• What is the implication if morality is independent of God?

  God's power is limited by morality
• What is the implication if God creates morality?

  Goodness and badness may be arbitrary
• What is the response to the Euthyphro dilemma regarding God's love?

  God's rules are based on His love for humanity
• What is the conflict between omniscience and free will?

  If God knows everything, do we have free will?
• What is a possible response to the conflict between omniscience and free will?

  God knows everything possible, including free will
• How does C.S. Lewis describe God's perspective on time?

  God sees all moments as "Now"
• What does C.S. Lewis argue about God's knowledge of our actions?

  God observes our actions freely chosen
• Outline Wollstonecraft's argument for why God must be everlasting?

  P1: God is without beginning or end

  P2: God interacts with and has a personal relationship with the world

  P3: The world is temporal

  P4: Any being that interacts with the temporal world is itself temporal

  C: Therefore, God is an everlasting being

  
  

  For God to be loving and have a special relationship with the world he must be everlasting