[lit-ideas] Re: Can God Act Immorally?

  • From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 14:21:10 -0800

Could the christian god act immorally? Is this a theorectical question (i.e., "is it possible in principle for the christian god to act immorally?") or a question of fact (i.e., "Has the christian god acted immorally?").
If measured by human moral standards, then yes, the christian god is immoral because he has acted immorrally.
If measured by the god's own moral standards, then I fail to see that it has any moral standards of its own. It does whatever it pleases without regard to its own standards. 

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andreas
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Re 1: Analogy: That I cannor be both blue all over and red all over
simultaneously in no way indicates an absence of power on my part.
Re 2: The idea of God knowing "in advance" anthropomorphizes (sp?) God. Part of what it means to be omniscient/omnipotent is that you can "see" everything that 
was/is/will be as if it were all right now. Trust me on this one; it's a
reliable memory.

Speaking on behalf of a greater power,

Walter Okshevsky



Quoting Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>:



If God cannot act immorally then he is powerless to act immorally, which
means he is not omnipotent (all-powerful).

If God knows in advance what He will do then either He is powerless to do
otherwise (and therefore not omnipotent) or if he does otherwise he is not 
omniscient (all-knowing).

Ergo: God cannot be all-good, all-knowing and all-powerful.

Donal
P.S. to JLS - Popper was raised a Prod, not a Taig


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