Paul Tillich Doubt is not a pleasant condition but certainty is absurd Voltaire Doubt Doubt Bad Concepts of God 1 Old Bearded Man Bad Concepts of God 2 Cosmic ChessPlayer ID: 627956
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Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith. – Paul TillichDoubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. – Voltaire
DoubtSlide2
DoubtSlide3
Bad Concepts of God #1: Old Bearded ManSlide4
Bad Concepts of God #2: Cosmic Chess-PlayerSlide5
Bad Concepts of God #3: Super-Powered Human BeingSlide6
Classic Divine AttributesOmniscientOmnipresentOmnipotentOmnibenevolent
Immutable (Unchanging)
TranscendentSlide7
The Necessity of God’s Doubt-abilityGod must be transcendent in order to be God—there is no concept of God that is defensible without transcendence being part of that definition.
By definition, God cannot be immediately or directly known. We know God through experience, through testimony (Bible), through reason, etc.
Doubt is essential because it helps us to sift through false and bad conceptions of God; and because it allows us to make a
free choice.