Crash Course Philosophy: Understanding the Divine Attributes

The video explores the concept of an omni-God in Judeo-Christian tradition, focusing on divine attributes like omniscience, omnipotence, omnibenevolence, and omnitemporality. It discusses philosophical puzzles arising from these attributes, such as the paradox of free will versus omniscience and the concept of divine impeccability. The video also examines the role of petitionary prayers and the challenges they pose to God's will. Aquinas' idea of analogical predication is presented as a way to understand God, alongside modern perspectives that question the traditional attributes.

What is the traditional picture of God in Judeo-Christian tradition?

• A God who prefers Marvel over DC

• A deity with no specific attributes

• An omni-God with specific divine attributes

• A superhero with limited powers

Which philosopher is known for reasoning that God's attributes must be the case if God is perfect?

• Plato

• Augustine

• Aristotle

• Thomas Aquinas

What is the paradox involving God's omnipotence?

• God can lift any rock

• God can create a rock so heavy he can't lift it

• God cannot create anything

• God cannot create a rock

How do some philosophers resolve the contradiction between God's omniscience and human free will?

• By saying humans have no control

• By denying God's omniscience

• By saying knowledge and causation are different

• By denying free will

What is the doctrine that states God cannot sin?

• Divine omniscience

• Divine omnibenevolence

• Divine impeccability

• Divine omnipotence

Why is the idea that God cannot sin troubling to some philosophers?

• It makes God human-like

• It makes God's goodness meaningless

• It makes God less powerful

• It makes God unpredictable

What type of prayer involves asking God for something specific?

• Thanksgiving prayer

• Confessional prayer

• Intercessory prayer

• Petitionary prayer

According to Eleanor Stump, why might petitionary prayers not make a difference?

• God has already decided the best outcome

• God does not listen to prayers

• Prayers are inherently flawed

• Prayers are too specific

What did Thomas Aquinas suggest about our understanding of God?

• We can fully understand God

• We can only speak about God in analogies

• God is not real

• God is exactly like a human father

What is a modern perspective on the traditional divine attributes?

• God does not exist

• God is an omni-God

• God is a superhero with limited powers

• God is perfect in every way