Is It Possible, Or Necessary, To Resolve The Apparent Conflicts Between The Traditional Attributes Of God?

Question 1

A ? who’s infinite in power, in knowledge and in goodness isn’t going to be readily comprehended by limited people who exist in time and space. Aquinas was keen to emphasis that. God’s unknowable.

Answer 1

God.

Question 2

The idea of God having a range of attributes, like eternity, love and power, is an effort to break God down into manageable ?

Answer 2

Pieces.

Question 3

? ? argues that this “it’s a mystery” kind of thinking’s lazy and damaging. He argues that we shouldn’t be satisfied to set aside difficult questions and accept that we can’t understand. If the idea of God’s intelligence to us then this, for him, is reason to stop claiming that such a being exists.

Answer 3

Richard Dawkins.

Question 4

? ? writes of the “miracle of theism”, claiming that it’s a “miracle” that reasonable people should continue to support Christian beliefs given their incoherence.

Answer 4

J.L. Mackie.