Guest guest Posted January 8, 2007 Report Share Posted January 8, 2007 Is It Possible for a Perfect Creator to Exist? (First Argument) Two qualities often attributed to God are perfection and being the 'creator' of the universe (if not more). Are these qualities compatible or incompatible? There are two good arguments that they are incompatible; and to the degree that they are valid, the existence of such a god is improbable at the very least, if not impossible. First Argument The first argument is based on the idea that a perfect being has no need to create anything at all: 1.. God is perfect. (premise) 2.. God deliberately created the universe. (premise) 3.. Perfection entails the lack of needs or wants. (premise) 4.. Being perfect, God does not now nor ever has nor ever will have any needs or wants. (from 1, 3) 5.. Deliberate creation entails an effort to satisfy some need or want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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