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« Reply #45 on: February 08, 2011, 06:19:22 PM » |
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No, He was under no compulsion to create. If He were, it would empty Him of any Will and Person, and reduce Him to the force of monism.
What if being love then God's Will and Person would create everything possible? This I don't think would be compulsion but the act of the Person of God through His Son and Spirit according to His Person. Do you believe God, to put it a sharp point on it, thought about creating or nor creating and then made a decision based on some sorta criteria? |
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« Reply #46 on: February 08, 2011, 09:14:41 PM » |
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God can create a rock he cannot lift, and can lift the same rock.
He cannot create a rock that He cannot lift. Then you are saying that He is not omnipotent, which is a heresy, as you are saying that there is one thing He cannot do: create a rock that He cannot lift. He has the power to give, and the power to take away. "With God, nothing is impossible" and "with God, all things are possible." "Nonsense remains nonsense, even when we talk it about God."-C.S. Lewis on the omnipotence paradox |
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« Reply #47 on: February 08, 2011, 09:56:10 PM » |
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So God cannot do everything? He is not omnipotent? "Nonsense remains nonsense, even when we talk it about God."-C.S. Lewis on the omnipotence paradox So God obeys our rules of logic and "nonsense", something He created? |
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How shall I not weep when I think of death? For I have seen my brother in his coffin, without glory or comeliness. What, then, do I expect? And what do I hope for? Only grant me, O Lord, repentance before the end.
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« Reply #48 on: February 08, 2011, 10:27:56 PM » |
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I believe that aspect of the apparent contradiction must be pointed explicitly for the very fact the God typically is depicted as a living and a "changing" God.
Living, yes. But that does not necessarily imply changing. And I have seen nothing Traditional that has implied that God is changing. Unless you are meaning something very obscure by "changing" which I am not understanding. |
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« Reply #49 on: February 08, 2011, 10:30:49 PM » |
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"Nonsense remains nonsense, even when we talk it about God."-C.S. Lewis on the omnipotence paradox
Exactly! |
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« Reply #50 on: February 08, 2011, 10:32:19 PM » |
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So God cannot do everything? He is not omnipotent?
No, God can't do anything nonsensical. He can do anything real that actually respects His nature. |
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« Reply #51 on: February 08, 2011, 10:33:38 PM » |
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So God obeys our rules of logic and "nonsense", something He created?
This isn't a matter of rules. This is a matter of God not being able to contradict truths concerning Himself. |
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« Reply #52 on: February 09, 2011, 07:42:39 PM » |
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So God cannot do everything? He is not omnipotent?
No, God can't do anything nonsensical. He can do anything real that actually respects His nature. Is He a slave to His nature? Below it? |
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« Reply #53 on: February 10, 2011, 12:19:27 AM » |
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The discussion with Papist regarding the changing/changeless nature of God has been moved to Orthodox-Catholic Discussion.
http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php?topic=33668.0Papist, even though you broached the subject in a very respectful manner that I appreciate, please do remember that Faith Issues is not the place for dialogue between Orthodox and Catholics. If you wish to question something we believe, please do so only on the Orthodox-Catholic board. Thank you.
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« Reply #54 on: February 10, 2011, 12:23:29 AM » |
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So God cannot do everything? He is not omnipotent?
No, God can't do anything nonsensical. He can do anything real that actually respects His nature. Is He a slave to His nature? Below it? He is identified with His nature and subsists in it like other beings. |
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« Reply #55 on: February 10, 2011, 01:06:39 AM » |
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But He cannot breach it? In essence, there are things God cannot do?
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« Reply #56 on: February 10, 2011, 04:12:09 AM » |
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In essence, there are things God cannot do?
Yes, I've already said this, God cannot nonsensically defy who He is. |
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« Reply #57 on: February 10, 2011, 05:38:15 AM » |
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« Reply #58 on: February 10, 2011, 09:15:15 PM » |
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In essence, there are things God cannot do?
Yes, I've already said this, God cannot nonsensically defy who He is. I disagree. God by His own will does not nonsensically defy who He is. That does not mean that He can not do so. |
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« Reply #59 on: February 10, 2011, 10:32:33 PM » |
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In essence, there are things God cannot do?
Yes, I've already said this, God cannot nonsensically defy who He is. I disagree. God by His own will does not nonsensically defy who He is. That does not mean that He can not do so. I agree, considering there is nothing that God can't do. However, there are a lot of things God won't do. |
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« Reply #60 on: February 11, 2011, 12:12:36 AM » |
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In essence, there are things God cannot do?
Yes, I've already said this, God cannot nonsensically defy who He is. I disagree. God by His own will does not nonsensically defy who He is. That does not mean that He can not do so. I'm aware that this is what you and Antonis believe. That much should have already been clear. |
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