The divine Attributes Flashcards
1
Q
What are some divine attributes?
A
God is omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omnitemporal…
2
Q
What is Negative Theology?
A
Maïmonides said that human language can’t describe god, so the only way we can know more about him is by saying what he is not.
3
Q
What is Aquinas’s views on the divine attribute?
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He believes that God’s omnipotence is limited, he cannot do the impossible (defy logic) or do things that are against his nature (do evil).
4
Q
What does Mavrodes think?
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He introduced the idea of the Stone that God cannot lift. Basically, omnipotence means that God cannot do what is self-contradictory.
5
Q
What about Boethius?
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God lives in an eternal present, outside of time, therefore cannot know what humans will do because that will. put him in time.
