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impassibility

The problem with a god who suffers

July 5, 2018 by Randal

The doctrine of divine impassibility was widely assumed by Christian theologians throughout the history of the church. But that consensus was fractured in the twentieth century with the decline of a widely held theological model belatedly known as “classical theism”. With the fracturing of a consensus on the classical theist model, several divine attributes were […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: classical theism, God, impassibility, theology

God in the terrifying image of a jilted lover

March 19, 2016 by Randal

Aristotle famously referred to deity as the unmoved mover. And countless Christian theologians have agreed with him as they have described God as impassible such that he is not acted upon by creation. As the Westminster Confession succinctly put it, God is “without body, parts, or passions.” What this means is that God does not […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: God, impassibility, love, Philip Yancey

The End of Christianity? A Skeptical Review (Part 7)

August 17, 2011 by Randal

Chapter 6 of The End of Christianity brings us to Valerie Tarico’s  essay “God’s Emotions: Why the Biblical God Is Hopelessly Human”. While the argument of the essay is not altogether clear, it would appear that Tarico hopes to extend Jaco Gericke’s assault on the biblical portrayal of God by arguing that the presence of “human” […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, God, impassibility, The End of Christianity, theism, Valerie Tarico

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