Questions regarding God's nature. This may include omni- aspects (eg omniscience), love, hate, or other attributes identified with God.
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Biblical evidence for omnipotence/omniscience
Does GOD tell us in the bible he is almighty/omnipotent/omniscient, or are these attributes (greek?) philosophers and theologians merely ascribed to HIM?
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What were the Nephilim, and what role did they play in the Bible beyond just being mentioned?
Did the Nephilim (Genesis 6:1-4) do anything beyond just existing?
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Who created God?
The question of man's creation is addressed quite thoroughly in the Bible (whether you believe it is metaphorical or not). Does the Bible (or other relevant references) in any way answer who created ...
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What is the basis of the argument that asserts that Open Theism is heretical?
John Piper has said that open theism (i.e. the notion that God himself changes over time and can choose to be ignorant of His own future if He so chooses) "is an attack, however unwittingly, on the ...
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How could Jacob wrestle with God if no one can see God and live?
Is this a contradiction? Or am I missing something. It seems strange to think one can "wrestle" with God.
Genesis 32:30 (NIV):
30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw ...
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What does it mean for God to be a person?
What does it mean when Christians say that God is a person? (Representative example here.) Does this mean that Christians believe that God is human?
My experience is with Judaism (in Judaism, God is ...
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How is it that an unchanging and omniscient God can have “regret”?
In Genesis 6:7, we read, "So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for ...
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How can an all powerful supreme being be either good or evil?
In order to be Omnipotent, or all knowing, as well as Omnipresent and all powerful wouldn't a supreme being have to be so far removed from concepts of "Good" and "Evil"? Those are just terms and ...
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Do we know there are only three persons in the “Trinity”?
A followup to the various answers provided to this question:
The specific concept of 'trinity' isn't specifically spelled out in the Bible. Instead, we have deduced from various scripture verses ...
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What is the meaning of God's omni-powers?
It is a common understanding among Christians I know that God has these four attributes:
Omnipresence
Omniscience
Omnipotence
Omnibenevolence
A grammatical interpretation would explain them as ...
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Could there be any possible action proving Yahweh to be cruel? [closed]
Recently, one of my christian friends died of cancer. My Christian friends told me that Yahweh is very merciful. But if he got well, Yahweh would be merciful, too.
So, HYPOTHETICALLY (see the note): ...
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What is the Mormon doctrine regarding becoming a god?
Per the doctrine of the Latter Day Saints, it seems that God was once a man.
Following this out just one step further leads me to the idea that it may be possible for other men to be come a god.
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Why is the Trinity a Trinity?
It's well-established and -accepted by most Christians that God is triune, consisting of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
However, while talking with a friend earlier about Wisdom (from Proverbs), ...
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Do miracles violate the laws of physics?
I asked a Christian today whether he believed that Jesus turning water into wine literally happened, or was just a metaphor. He said it literally happened, and also that other miracles literally ...
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What do we mean by person?
In general, and as it applies to The Trinity, what do we mean by person.
Assuming that we say a person is "a rational being" or "an individual substance" of some sort, what attributes or qualities ...
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What is the basis of the view that Jesus was separated from the Father and Holy Spirit upon death?
From my limited understanding of this matter, some people believe that Jesus was in some sense separated from the Father. This has come up in the context of discussions of the indivisibility of the ...
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How do Christians justify God's apparent neglect of those who cannot help themselves? [duplicate]
This is something that always confused me.
Take as a simple example, one among many, children in Africa. The ones we've all seen pictures of. The ones that starve to death or are shot before they're ...
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What is meant by “God is Omnipotent”?
I'm questioning my own understanding of the term "Omnipotence" in response so a comment on one of my answers.
In the comment, the poster included a definition of Omnipotence taken from the Wikipeda ...
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Is God just and/or merciful?
I am told, repeatedly, with great intensity and sincerity that YHVH / the LORD is kind and merciful, forgiving of all sins.
Now, I read the Bible enough. God's main demonstrations of power seem to ...
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Why is the number three special?
What is the significance to the number 3 in the Bible? There is already a question about the number seven, but no one said anything about 3.
Here are a few 3's I came up with:
The Trinity (Godhead) ...
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According to mainstream Christianity, who is God? [duplicate]
This question also relates to it:
Biblical basis for the doctrine of the Trinity
Growing up I've been led to believe that God is God, and Jesus is God's son. But others have also preached that ...
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Did Christ have the freedom to choose to avoid crucifixion?
Inspired by this answer, Jesus talks about this authority in John 10:18 (NIV):
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it ...
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Why does God often permit his children to suffer in this world more than the wicked?
Jesus said:
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be ...
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How do Christians incorporate present moment everyday faith in light of God's multi-generational nature?
From reading the Bible, I have always had questions about how God works slowly over many generations of people and more specifically about those who live in what I call "God's Silent Periods".
For ...
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Does God's omnipresence extend to hell?
One of those attributes of God is his ability to be everywhere at all times. I'm not debating that it is an attribute of his, I'm just wondering how we know that.
I ask, because I've been going ...
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Is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the Father?
Is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the Father? It's a pretty simple question, so I don't really know if there is much I can add to the body.
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Does God have a sense of humor? Does he laugh?
I've always heard "God must have a sense of humor because he created X". Usually X is "the platypus" or "me".
Also, it should be evident that Jesus, being human, had a sense of humor. It's part of ...
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Can man judge whether God is fair?
Over and over I hear people pronouncing in one way or another that God is "not fair"*. Sometimes this is stated directly, other times indirectly as in "that doesn't seem fair, therefore God must not ...
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Is procreation a sin? [closed]
The concept that this world is bent and fallen is pretty standard in
just about every form of Christianity. That this world is not what God
intended it to be is the starting port. But the hope ...
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Does God tempt Abraham in Genesis 22:1?
In James 1:13 it says:
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
But in Genesis 22:1 it is written:
And it ...
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Why did God make the “Forbidden Fruit” available in Eden?
If the 'Forbidden Fruit' was 'forbidden', why did God keep it in Eden?
If God had the intention of keeping Adam in Eden, why did he keep that stupid fruit there?
Why was a test necessary that was ...
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Does God have the capacity to sin? Can God sin?
To clarify,
this question is not asking for a "justification" of those times, described in the Bible, when God struck someone dead. Life is His to take.
the question is also not asking strictly ...
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How can panentheism or God's immanence be reconciled with Satan?
Some Christians hold that the universe or creation are part of God (panentheism). More often than not, God is said to be both immanent and transcendental in relation to the universe. How can those be ...
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Does the Bible have any proof that Jesus Christ is the Only-begotten Son of God?
Apart from John's writings, is there any Biblical evidence that Jesus Christ is the only-begotten son of God?
John makes it clear (such as in John 1:18, 3:18), but other parts of the Bible refer to ...
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How can a Wholly Good God Deliberately Create Evil?
I think it's pretty universally accepted that God is wholly good. Indeed, many sources, including lots of answers on this website, are based on the belief that God is the perfect standard of ...
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Are the words that Jesus spoke the Logos?
Is there anything amiss with the following argument?
Jesus is the Word of God (Jesus is the Logos)
Jesus spoke words
Jesus is God
The words that Jesus spoke are the words of God
The words of Jesus ...
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How do Christians reconcile with Exodus 20:5 [closed]
Do Christians believe the description of God in Exodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your
God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the
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From where do Jehovah's Witnesses derive the doctrine that Jesus was and now is Michael the Archangel?
According to some Watchtower literature, it is taught that Michael the Archangel is Jesus and that Jesus, after He ascended into heaven, resumed the name of Michael.
"It proves Michael the ...
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Biblical basis for the doctrine of the Trinity
The word/term "trinity" is never used in the Bible. However, most Christians believe that God exists as three persons in one God-head.
This question has two parts:
What is the Biblical basis for ...
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Did God create man to be gods themselves?
Genesis 1:26-28 says:
26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the ...
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Did Jesus really die?
I know that Jesus is really God. But I'm still confused... I don't get how God could die or be killed by people. Isn't God always there? How can God die?
Please explain this to me in an easy to ...
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According to Calvinism, is God always loving?
It is well known that "God is Love" but, is there ever a time, according to 5 point Calvinists, in the bible when God is not loving? If so, according to 5 point Calvinists, what causes God to act as ...
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Did Moses see the face of God?
Exodus 24:9-11
9 Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel
went up
10 and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something
like a pavement made of lapis lazuli, ...
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Why is Jesus called the Truth?
Multiple times in the Bible Jesus declares that He is the Truth, or that He is on the side of Truth.
John 14:6 NIV
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes
to ...
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Why has God punished every human for one person's sin?
God expelled Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden because Eve ate the fruit God told her not to. And this let evil into the world? If God loves every one, so much so that he let his son die for us, ...
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Is Divine Simplicity Coherent?
From Wikipedia
In theology, the doctrine of divine simplicity says that God is
without parts
Personally, I have a hard time grasping this concept. Moreover, I couldn't find any scriptural ...
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What differences will being a Christian make in this life?
What are the differences being a Christian will make in this life (on earth not entrance into heaven or hell)?
Or is it just a group identity of a hopeful passage into Heaven upon the next life and ...
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Does God want things? What are some of the things He wants, and how did we find out?
This question may appear brief, but I think it is simple enough to not need much background. Basically, I'm curious about the nature of God and His desires. Does He want things? What are some of the ...
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Are some people pursued by the “enemy” relatively more than others?
My pastor made a general statement (or whole sermon;) and said something to the effect that the more the enemy knows you are in alignment with God the more he tries to knock us off course.
So, more ...
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Is God's wrath an anthropomorphism?
In Eastern theology, the idea of a dispassionate God is common. It is often said that wrath is an energy of God but is not part of his essence. I have even heard Western theologians say that wrath is ...
