I think the intention to do A is clearly a property of the creator.
Now if that intention is necessary, we are stuch with a modal collapse. — Walter
I don't see how we can separate God's Will simpliciter from God's Will to do A. — Walter
Unless if course, doing B is just as good as doing A. — Walter
If an act is good because it is what God chooses, "goodness" is meaningless.
So, I think one act can be intrinsically better than another. But perhaps there are acts that are intrinsically equally good. So God actualizing A would be just as good as God actualizing B. — Walter
But that is epistemology. God would know what is good, but He doesn't decide what is good, just like He doesn't decide that 1 + 1 = 2, or that square circles can't exist. — Walter
But that is epistemology. God would know what is good, but He doesn't decide what is good, just like He doesn't decide that 1 + 1 = 2, or that square circles can't exist. — Walter
In principle, they do. They acknowledge God has all-encompassing power. Why would deluding us or merely providing odd empirical data to our minds be outside that? Although, in this case it wouldn't be Odd. It would be the case, and nothing more. — AmadeusD
Christians typically think that God, being good, wouldn't mislead us. — wonderer1
Although, in this case it wouldn't be Odd. It would be the case, and nothing more. — AmadeusD
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