I accept that as a generally accepted interpretation of greatness, even though it gives little information about perfection itself.Spectrum wrote:It is not specifically mentioned in the Bible but it is obvious in the Quran, i.e. Allahu Akbar, i.e. God is Great to the extent there is no other God except Allah which is all powerful and thus perfect.
Thanks. Those are good sources of authoritative commentary. I must remember Anselm.Perfection is not explicit in the Bible, but it is Christian philosophers like St. Anselm who introduced the ontological God, i.e.
I never doubted its validity.So my argument still stands;
- Absolute perfection is an impossibility
God imperatively must be absolutely perfect
Therefore God is an impossibility.
-- Updated October 17th, 2017, 6:04 pm to add the following --
So, those sources date the elevation of Jehovah to perfection as a requisite of Godhood, after the challenge from Islam and before the challenge from science (about half way).
He'd been growing more aloof from Earth and the daily concerns of mankind since the start of the Christian era, when Roman administrators took over as His agents,
and as Europe is consolidated under the RC, He takes up the position of Big Omni
- a logically indefensible position that all subsequent apologists are automatically committed to defend.
You've got to love the irony!