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By very definition we would call the creator of the universe
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a : the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped as creator a...
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By very definition we would call the creator of the universe
God
a : the Being perfect in power, wisdom, and goodness who is worshipped as creator and ruler of the universe
Merriam-Webster, I. (2003). Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary. (Eleventh ed.). Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
GOOD REASONS TO AFFIRM THE GOD OF THE BIBLE IS THE GOD WHO TRULY EXISTS
Now that the God of the Bible and the God of theistic arguments are known to share many of the same unique characteristics, it remains to demonstrate that they must be one and the same God. Three arguments emerge, the first two of which are based on the unique characteristics of God held by all theists.
THERE CANNOT BE TWO INFINITE GODS
Both the Bible and the cosmological argument used to establish Gods existence show that he is infinite. But there cannot be two infinite beings. Therefore, both the God of the Bible and the God of rational theism are one and the same being. Further, the God of theism has been shown by good reason to actually exist. Hence, the God described in the Bible actually exists.16
The burden of this argument rests on the premise that it is impossible to have two infinite beings. To argue that there are two infinite beings is like claiming there are two alls. But there can only be one all. It is like claiming there are two supremes, when it is obvious that only one being can be supreme. Or more precisely, infinite means without limits. If there are two beings, then one is limited by the other in some way. But an infinite cannot be limited by another, since it is unlimited by its very nature. Hence, there can be only one infinite (limitless) being.
THERE CANNOT BE TWO ABSOLUTELY PERFECT GODS
In like manner, there cannot be two absolutely perfect beings. In order to have two beings, one must differ from the other, otherwise they would be the same. In order to differ in perfection, however, one being would have to have a perfection that the other did not have. The one that lacked this perfection would not be absolutely perfect, since it would be lacking in perfection. Therefore, there can be only one absolutely perfect being. If the God of the Bible is absolutely perfect as is the God of the moral argument, then they are one and the same God.
THERE CANNOT BE TWO PURE ACTUALITIES
Another attribute shared by both the God of the Bible and the God of rational theism is pure actuality. Reason demands that God cannot have any potentiality in his being. If he did, then he would need a cause, since no potency is self-actualizing. But he needs no cause, since he is the first cause. He is self-existent, independent of all other beings. Thus, the God of the cosmological argument must be pure existence (actuality), as the great theists claimed he was.17
Pure actuality is absolutely unique. There cannot be two such beings, for the only way for one being to differ in essence from another being is by potentiality. That is, one being has a potential (to be something) that the other does not have. But a being of pure actuality has no potentiality whatsoever.18 Hence, it cannot differ from another being of pure actuality.
Thus, there can be one and only one being who is pure actuality, such as both the God of reason and the God of Scripture are known to be.
Principle of causality:
Defense of the Principle. An Undeniable Truth. If the principle of causality is stated, Every effect has a cause, then it is undeniable.
In this form the principle of causality is analytically self-evident, since by an effect is meant what is caused and by a cause is meant what produces the effect. Hence, the predicate is reducible to the subject. It is like saying, Every triangle has three sides.
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