God is absolutely responsible for Satan's actions, and for all of our actions as well. And at the same time, Satan is responsible for his own actions and we are responsible for ours. Free will and predestination are both true.
How is this possible? In the same way that quantum physics and...
Forgive me if I'm misunderstanding you, but what about, say, mathematical truths? I believe that "1+1=2" was true even prior to the Big Bang, and that there is not a conceivable circumstance when it was not or will not be true. I believe that mathematical truths are immutable and eternal; that...
Why wouldn't it be? Clearly something must be eternally existent, the so-called "Ground of Being," or else you have the problem of an infinite regression of causes.
More than one is possible, if they are also all one. Hence the doctrine of the Trinity.
To elaborate a little, the Christian...
All things that begin to exist require a cause. If God never began to exist, then He does not require a cause. Hence certain of his titles: First Cause, Unmoved Mover, etc. The challenge for the skeptic is to demonstrate that an eternally existent being is a logical impossibility.
Christian dystheist here. I believe that God can be (humanly speaking) petty, capricious, unfair and even cruel. And, aside from the evidence of our shared experience, I can cite many verses of Scripture to support this. Nevertheless I believe that God is still praiseworthy and morally...