Which god?
Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?
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Re: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?
#12Why the limitations to one God?
Because of divine simplicity,
the absolute maximum of perfection logically excludes the possibility of more than one.
if there were two gods, they would have to differ from each other in some way. But a being that is pure act (without any potentiality) and absolutely simple (not composed of parts) cannot have any accidental differences. They could only differ in their very “whatness” (essence). However, if they differ in essence, then one has a perfection the other lacks. The one lacking that perfection would not be absolutely perfect, and therefore would not be God. Thus, you cannot have two beings each claiming to be the maximum of being.
Re: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?
#13Re: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?
#14Why the limitations to one God?
Because of divine simplicity, the absolute maximum of perfection logically excludes the possibility of more than one. if there were two gods, they would have to differ from each other in some way. But a being that is pure act (without any potentiality) and absolutely simple (not composed of parts) cannot have any accidental differences. They could only differ in their very “whatness” (essence). However, if they diffe…
Then explain evil
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Re: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?
#16Using his name instead of his title/position helps. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Psalms-83-18/
Or maybe you're not allowed to!
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-tetragrammaton/
Chalk this up as one more disagreement between believers (that they really should have settled by now, given their interactions with an unbiased, omniscient third-party)
Re: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?
#17I was told to when I was a toddler, but by the time I turned 12 or 13, I had outgrown the phase.
Re: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?
#18Why the limitations to one God?
Because of divine simplicity, the absolute maximum of perfection logically excludes the possibility of more than one. if there were two gods, they would have to differ from each other in some way. But a being that is pure act (without any potentiality) and absolutely simple (not composed of parts) cannot have any accidental differences. They could only differ in their very “whatness” (essence). However, if they diffe…
If you need a god to explain where the universe came from, induction would like a word with you
Re: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?
#19For me it was that the implications of atheistic materialism contradicted basic empiric knowledge. Atheistic materialism is an onthologic monism, the ultimate implication of it is that nothing can be defined since everything is a continuum. yet we can discriminate concrete objects and things. No essence can be defined in Mat-Ath, When I was an atheist I argued that the essence of things can be defined in their compos…
> the ultimate implication of it is that nothing can be defined since everything is a continuum.
What does this even mean?
Re: Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?
#20Why the limitations to one God?
Occam's razor ("Entities should not be multiplied beyond necessity")? I mean, God, isn't one enough? Honestly, it's too much for me!
Let's settle on having three then.
(If you had just one, it would look pretty silly calling himself father and praying to himself.)