Timeline for Why have philosophers historically defined God as omni-benevolent?
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| Apr 22, 2022 at 15:22 | comment | added | Agnishom Chattopadhyay | I am not sure that the premise is correct. What about gods such as the [God of Thunder]? I do not think this kind of gods were considered benevolent | |
| Apr 22, 2022 at 6:31 | answer | added | emesupap | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 4, 2022 at 23:08 | comment | added | Alex | Jefferson's Deism was likely influenced by earlier Deistic Thinkers, such as Spinoza and especially John Locke. It is very likely that Jefferson-(who was also a Classicist), may have been quite familiar with Aristotle's Immovable Mover-(a type of quasi Forerunner to Modern Deism, though it should be noted that Aristotle's Immovable Mover was teleological/purposeful). | |
| Feb 4, 2022 at 23:04 | comment | added | Alex | "Nature's God"....is a famous quote from Thomas Jefferson. While Jefferson is not necessarily viewed as a "Philosopher", he was quite well versed in Metaphysical Philosophy....so much so, that he authored his own version of The New Testament known as, "The Jefferson Bible". In addition to his editing of The New Testament, Thomas Jefferson was a Deist, which theologically speaking, does not necessarily view God as "omnibenevolent", but rather, as a dispassionate Clockwork Being who is detached from the willed actions of human beings, as well as the causes of effects of Nature at large. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 22:48 | comment | added | CriglCragl | "of course" - what about Job? Telling Abraham to kill his son? The crucifixion of his son? Ominibenevolent..? He says He is a jelous God.. | |
| May 2, 2018 at 17:36 | history | protected | user2953 | ||
| Dec 13, 2016 at 15:44 | vote | accept | Joseph | ||
| Dec 12, 2016 at 16:41 | answer | added | Chris Sunami | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 12, 2016 at 15:36 | comment | added | gnasher729 | The alternative is too frightening. See Harlan Ellison, "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream". And that's without even having a god in place. | |
| Feb 17, 2016 at 20:37 | comment | added | JeffO | In a philosophy class, I remember "worthy of worship" as being part of the definition for God. Is that the same as omni-benevolence? Without this concept, it doesn't seem to leave room for much discussion. | |
| Apr 26, 2014 at 0:26 | comment | added | Mozibur Ullah | @Scrollmaster: sure - Hesiods theogony rationalised the cosmology of the gods, which one might at first not be prepared to accept as philosophy; but one ought to note that both Aristotle & Plato had cosmologies/theologies too. | |
| Apr 23, 2014 at 3:15 | answer | added | stoicfury | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 22, 2014 at 22:15 | answer | added | Jack C | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 26, 2014 at 7:38 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackPhilosophy/status/448725700368171008 | ||
| Mar 26, 2014 at 5:32 | comment | added | obelia | +1 Very interesting question. My initial response is benevolent Gods have better marketing. That is selling a benevolent god is easier than selling malevolent gods, much as it seems that selling monotheism is easier than selling polytheism. Really something to think about. | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 4:06 | answer | added | Prasad Shrivatsa | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 16:41 | comment | added | Mauro ALLEGRANZA | @Scrollmaster - I do not think so ... At most, we can try with a "wild" reading of Freud; if we can "assimilate" some parts of Freud's works to a philosophy, we may say that he tried to revive some of the ancient Greek gods (Eros ?) killed by the God of the Bible. | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 16:19 | comment | added | Cristol.GdM | @MauroALLEGRANZA which bring a following question: are there philosophy works based on Ancient greek gods, or other pantheons? | |
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| Mar 24, 2014 at 8:37 | comment | added | Mauro ALLEGRANZA | You have already the answer to your question : when yoy say that "Of course the Christian god must be omni-benevolent, but then why do philosophers almost exclusively focus on the Christian god?", you are referring implicitly to the "western" tradition of philosophy, which has been greatly influenced by the Christian tradition. Ancient Greek gods are not benevolent at all ! | |
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| Mar 24, 2014 at 8:20 | answer | added | infatuated | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 2:22 | comment | added | user4894 | Doesn't seem very benevolent to me. Why war? Why pain? Why poverty so profound that you have to watch your children die of malnutrition because you can't afford to feed them? Why drones attacking wedding parties? Why two billion people without running water? Benevolent God? I say: If only! If we had a benevolent God, I'd be more inclined to believe in him! | |
| Mar 24, 2014 at 1:24 | history | asked | Joseph | CC BY-SA 3.0 |