Not "would he" but is he able to?
2007-04-09 05:49:50 · 11 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Temptation of innocents is immoral. Warning Adam of the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, but not telling Eve until after she has eaten the Fruit of the tree is an immoral act.
Because your God is a God, He can get away with it. However it still remains an immoral act. Thus, the way your question is written, your God can do an act that is immoral.
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2007-04-09 05:58:11 · answer #1 · answered by Terry 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Your observations ignore the proper, formal understanding of the concept of omnipotence.
The philosophical rationale is that a supreme being, God, cannot act in an illogical manner with respect to that being's divine and perfect attributes. Hence, God cannot make a rock so big that He could not move it, nor could God do anything that would be a logical contradiction to His divine nature.
Omnipotence means God can do everything **that is possible** within the boundaries of a supreme being. Omnipotence doesn’t mean that God can do anything. The concept of omnipotence has to do with power, not ability per se. In fact, there are many things God can’t do, for example,
- God can’t make square circles.
- God cannot lie.
- God is perfectly Good and can only do Good, therefore God cannot create nor do evil.
- What God has created in His image, God cannot annihilate (to erase from existence, to destroy completely).
- God cannot create a morally free creature that couldn’t choose evil or the creature would not be morally free to choose.
None of these, though, have to do with power. Instead, they are logically contradictory, and therefore contrary to God’s rational nature.
One needs to have a formal knowledge of philosophy and logic to understand the nature of omnipotence. Just claiming Go is all powerful so he can do anything is nonsensical to the trained person. Here are some references for your further study:
Omnipotence:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/omnipotence/
2007-04-09 12:57:57 · answer #2 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
God can do anything He wants. After all, He is the supreme being. However, according to the Christian Bible, humans were created to fellowship with God.
Consider this: we were created to fellowship with God. To make this fellowship fruitful, wouldn't it be detrimental to having a successful fellowship if God did something which He Himself calls immoral? Therefore, He can, but He won't.
2007-04-09 12:57:44 · answer #3 · answered by Legendary_Slacker 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
well God is not compatible with immoral things! so God can't do immoral things!! he has no reason to do it anyways!!
2007-04-09 12:56:06 · answer #4 · answered by Not Of This World 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Morality is defined by community and environment, not by religion. While one group in one place might interpret god's acts as good or moral, another group somewhere else may see things differently.
2007-04-09 13:00:51 · answer #5 · answered by Sookie 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, because God is the rule maker, then what He does is right - even if it offends our modern PC sensibilities.
2007-04-09 12:53:12 · answer #6 · answered by Mr. Indignant 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO! If God could sin at all he would no longer be perfect, and if He wasn't perfect He could no longer be God.
2007-04-09 12:56:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He is able to kill thousands of people who disagree or offend him.
So yes he is immoral and mean.
2007-04-09 12:53:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Nope, it would go against His Holy nature.
2007-04-09 12:54:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, He is pure and perfect. By nature He can not change His ways or attempt to do anything evil, because evil is not in His nature.
2007-04-09 12:55:07 · answer #10 · answered by super saiyan 3 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋