Towards a Religiously Adequate Alternative to OmniGod Theism |
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Authors: | John Bishop |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | Theistic religious believers should be concerned that the God they worship is not an idol. Conceptions of God thus need to
be judged according to criteria of religious adequacy that are implicit in the ‘God-role’—that is, the way the concept of
God properly functions in the conceptual economy and form of life of theistic believers. I argue that the conception of God
as ‘omniGod’—an immaterial personal creator with the omni-properties—may reasonably be judged inadequate, at any rate from
the perspective of a relationship ethics based on the Christian revelation that God is Love. I go on to suggest that a conception
of God as the power of love within the natural universe might prove more adequate, with God’s role as creator understood in
terms of final rather than efficient causation. |
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