God as Good
- Created by: Tom Kydd-Coutts
- Created on: 18-04-14 12:36
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- God as Good
- God himself as good
- God is pure actuality,
- Goodness is an attribute of God
- God is a perfect being and doesn't lack in any way
- To not be good would result in His being lacking in some way
- "You therefore are perfect, as your Heavenly father is perfect." Matthew 5:48
- God is pure actuality,
- Evil
- St Augustine
- Lack of good: privatio boni
- Differences in creation are good so no natural things are evil even if they do lack certain attribute e.g tree can't walk
- Hume: God cannot be all good and loving as well as all-powerful
- Aquinas: It is beyond our realm to understand the nature of God's goodness
- St Augustine
- God himself as good
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