Talk:Omnibenevolence
(Difference between revisions)
Sans Deity (Talk | contribs) |
|||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
=Not a common word= | =Not a common word= | ||
Actually, I usually only see atheists using this word, and never theists. The [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/God classical definition] of the monotheistic deity is a being that is omnipotent, omniscient and perfect, so a theist can counter that you're making a straw-man. It should not be used. –[[User:Reinis|Reinis]] 14:38, 23 June 2007 (CDT) | Actually, I usually only see atheists using this word, and never theists. The [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/God classical definition] of the monotheistic deity is a being that is omnipotent, omniscient and perfect, so a theist can counter that you're making a straw-man. It should not be used. –[[User:Reinis|Reinis]] 14:38, 23 June 2007 (CDT) | ||
| + | :They're free to claim a straw-man, as long as they don't believe that their god isn't all good, doesn't dictate morality, isn't perfectly just... whether or not theists commonly use a specific term is irrelevant to whether or not the term applies to their concept of god. Without the concept of omnibenevolence, regardless of the term used, theodicy becomes a non-issue. In any case, there's no justification not to include the term, or the concept at the wiki. [[User:Sans Deity|Sans Deity]] 16:35, 23 June 2007 (CDT) | ||
Revision as of 16:35, 23 June 2007
Not a common word
Actually, I usually only see atheists using this word, and never theists. The classical definition of the monotheistic deity is a being that is omnipotent, omniscient and perfect, so a theist can counter that you're making a straw-man. It should not be used. –Reinis 14:38, 23 June 2007 (CDT)
- They're free to claim a straw-man, as long as they don't believe that their god isn't all good, doesn't dictate morality, isn't perfectly just... whether or not theists commonly use a specific term is irrelevant to whether or not the term applies to their concept of god. Without the concept of omnibenevolence, regardless of the term used, theodicy becomes a non-issue. In any case, there's no justification not to include the term, or the concept at the wiki. Sans Deity 16:35, 23 June 2007 (CDT)
