Perhaps Problems With The Idea Of God's Omnipotence Are An Issue Of Religious Language Flashcards
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MacQuarrie and other thinkers emphasise the need for believers to remember that when they speak of the power of God, they’re using ?, and should understand that God’s power’s different from our own. The word “power” refers to power within this world, so when applied to God, it can’t be applied as God’s infinitely greater than we are.
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Analogy.
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Following ?, MacQuarrie argues there’ll always be aspects of God’s nature that remain unknowable to us. We have small fallible human minds whereas God’s God.
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Aquinas.