Thematic
God, concepts of
We think of God as an ultimate reality, the source or ground of all else, perfect and deserving of worship. Such a conception is common to both Eastern ...
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Thematic
God, concepts of
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Those whose conceptions of God stem from the major Eastern and Western religions think of God as an ultimate reality, the source or ground of all else, perfect ...
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Immutability
The doctrine of divine immutability consists in the assertion that God cannot undergo real change. Plato and Boethius infer divine immutability from God’s perfection, Aristotle from God’s being ...
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Necessary being
Many think that God is perfect, or free from defect, and that being able not to exist is a defect. These infer that God is not able not ...
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Omnipresence
Western Scripture and religious experience find God present everywhere. Western thinkers make sense of this as their concepts of God dictate. Pantheists hold that God’s being everywhere is ...
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Simplicity, divine
To be complex is to have many parts. To be simple is to have few. Theists of all religious traditions have asserted that God is completely simple – ...
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Voluntarism
Voluntarism is a theory of action. It traces our actions less to our intellects and natural inclinations than to simple will or free choice. Applied to thinking about ...