“Is the concept of God coherent- ESSAY PLAN
The concept of God
The concept of God is coherent State what i will argue: outline God's Divine nature, and exemplify arguments
which fail to prove the incoherency of God's nature. Each argument attacks
each of God's main attributes. Stone, Euthyphro, Free will dilemma- all will
be rejected
Explanation of Divine characteristics Omnipotent, omniscient, Omnibenevolent, eternal or everlasting
Problem of the stone - Attacks the coherency of an omnipotent being, ‘can god create a
stone so heavy he cannot lift’.
- P1-God can either make a stone too heavy to move, or he cannot
- P2- if god can do this, he is not omnipotent because he cannot lift the
rock
- P3- if i he cannot do this, then he is not omnipotent because he
cannot create something
- P4- there is nothing logically possible within these tasks
- C1 -either way, god is not omnipotent
George madroves The claim ‘ a stone an omnipotent being cannot lift’ is a logical fallacy. It is a
contradiction which means God cannot do anything which contradicts itself.
Free will dilemma - How can humans have free will if god already knows what we will do
next?
- P1. Humans have free will and some of these actions are actually free
- P2. God is omniscient, so knows everything beforehand
- C1. Therefore God knows beforehand what every human will do.
- P3. if god knows what humans will do then we do not have free will
- C2. therefore free will and omniscience is incompatible (P1, P2)
It isn't possible to know the future Straw man argument, God's definition of omniscience states that God knows
everything there is to know. It is not possible to know the future, due to free
will, we can instead say that God is omniscient because he must judge us in
the afterlife.
Euthyphro dilemma - issue with - Two horns argument
omnibenevolence - Arbitrary on God’s whims morality if god creates morality
- God is not omnipotent if he abides by pre existing morality (not
powerful enough to make murder good
God creates morality He creates morality after his own image, so he is omnipotent, (unchanging)
so it is not arbitrary. God is the standard of Goodness, and his command are
expressions of his nature
Conclusion Shown that these arguments all fail to prove that God is incoherent.
The concept of God
The concept of God is coherent State what i will argue: outline God's Divine nature, and exemplify arguments
which fail to prove the incoherency of God's nature. Each argument attacks
each of God's main attributes. Stone, Euthyphro, Free will dilemma- all will
be rejected
Explanation of Divine characteristics Omnipotent, omniscient, Omnibenevolent, eternal or everlasting
Problem of the stone - Attacks the coherency of an omnipotent being, ‘can god create a
stone so heavy he cannot lift’.
- P1-God can either make a stone too heavy to move, or he cannot
- P2- if god can do this, he is not omnipotent because he cannot lift the
rock
- P3- if i he cannot do this, then he is not omnipotent because he
cannot create something
- P4- there is nothing logically possible within these tasks
- C1 -either way, god is not omnipotent
George madroves The claim ‘ a stone an omnipotent being cannot lift’ is a logical fallacy. It is a
contradiction which means God cannot do anything which contradicts itself.
Free will dilemma - How can humans have free will if god already knows what we will do
next?
- P1. Humans have free will and some of these actions are actually free
- P2. God is omniscient, so knows everything beforehand
- C1. Therefore God knows beforehand what every human will do.
- P3. if god knows what humans will do then we do not have free will
- C2. therefore free will and omniscience is incompatible (P1, P2)
It isn't possible to know the future Straw man argument, God's definition of omniscience states that God knows
everything there is to know. It is not possible to know the future, due to free
will, we can instead say that God is omniscient because he must judge us in
the afterlife.
Euthyphro dilemma - issue with - Two horns argument
omnibenevolence - Arbitrary on God’s whims morality if god creates morality
- God is not omnipotent if he abides by pre existing morality (not
powerful enough to make murder good
God creates morality He creates morality after his own image, so he is omnipotent, (unchanging)
so it is not arbitrary. God is the standard of Goodness, and his command are
expressions of his nature
Conclusion Shown that these arguments all fail to prove that God is incoherent.
