What is God Like?: Crash Course Philosophy #12
Today we are moving on from the existence of God to look at the philosophical debate surrounding the traditional divine attributes - omnipotence, omniscience, omnitemporality, and omnibenevolence....
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Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace. Squarespace: share your passion with the world. We’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at arguments for God’s existence. But we haven’t said much yet about this God. Like, what’s he like? Is he a he? Is he like strictly Marvel superheroes, or is he more of a DC guy? Does he prefer his salsa with or without cilantro? I like corn! Who’s his favorite Crystal Gem from Steven Universe? I guess those kinds of questions would only apply to a heavily personalized and anthropomorphic God. But the traditional picture of God – the one accepted, and even assumed, throughout Judeo-Christian tradition, up into modern times – is what we might call an “omni-God,” possessing particular divi...
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Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace. Squarespace: share your passion with the world. We’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at arguments for God’s existence. But we haven’t said much yet about this God. Like, what’s he like? Is he a he? Is he like strictly Marvel superheroes, or is he more of a DC guy? Does he prefer his salsa with or without cilantro? I like corn! Who’s his favorite Crystal Gem from Steven Universe? I guess those kinds of questions would only apply to a heavily personalized and anthropomorphic God. But the traditional picture of God – the one accepted, and even assumed, throughout Judeo-Christian tradition, up into modern times – is what we might call an “omni-God,” possessing particular divi...
