Beliefs About God Flashcards
God is eternal. This means..
He has no beginning or end.
Some people believe that God being eternal means he’s..
Timeless
Everlasting
Changing (process theology)
Criticisms of god being timeless and god being everlasting include..
Timeless - contradicts scripture where he promises and remembers
Everlasting - difficult to believe he wouldn’t be altered by creation and change
God is omni-benevolent, this means..
He’s the source of all goodness.
To believe god is omni-benevolent is to believe he’s..
> the perfect being
worthy of worship
good through his love, holiness and justice
Why might Christians act good?
To secure God’s favour.
God is omnipotent, this means..
All powerful.
To call god all powerful is to say that he is..
Without limitations.
Why might this result in a paradox?
If god can do anything, he should be able to create a rock so heavy that even he can’t lift it. But then there is a rock in existence that he can’t lift.
What may be a narrower yet more helpful view of omnipotence?
Being able to do anything that is logically possible.
God is omniscient, this means..
He has complete knowledge.
Complete knowledge means that..
He knows everything: past, present, future.
God’s omniscience beckons questions such as..
If he is all-powerful and all-loving, then why does he know of bad events and continue to let them happen?
