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Philosophy of Religion arguments
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- 1The Stone ParadoxQuestions the coherence of God's Omnipotence. Can God create a stone too heavy for him to lift? yes = then not Omnipotent/ no= not Omnipotent. In either option there is something he cannot do despite it not being an illogical task. singular incoherence.
- 2Aquinas' counter to the Stone Paradox- Contradiction because beyond logical possibility
-pseudo task
- like asking God to create a square circle
- so it is irrelevent - 3Mavrodes solution to the Stone Paradox- same as Aquinas
- The Paradox is irrelevent because it assumes he is not Omnipotent
- but if you assume he is Omnipotent, then it is a pseudo task - 4Savage's solution to the Stone Paradox- raises the question 'can anyone ever be Omnipotent?
- X can lift an infinite amount of stones
-Y can create an infinite amount of stones
- God is both X and Y. God can do everything - infinity. They just don't come into conflict. So he is Omnipotent.
- However the original task itself is illogical because God cannot create something illogical, as the world was created on logic and reason (COUNTER ALSO)
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- The main arguments for the new AQA specification for Philosophy AS
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