Can god Sin
When I talk about God, I'm talking about the traditional Christian theologian belief of god. That is. God is an Omni God. God is an all good, all knowing, all-powerful and perfect in every way god. Given this definition of God we run into a question that seems to contradict itself, and causes many problems. This question being "Can God Sin?"I'll be looking at both views of at the answer to this question. Some reasons why God can/cannot sin. Consequences of God being able to/ not being able to sin.One reason it is thought that it must be the case that God can sin is that God is all-powerful. If God is an all-powerful being then surely God must have the power to sin? I have the power to commit numerous sins. I am not all-powerful. God is all-powerful. Therefore a more powerful being than me. If I have the power to commit numerous amounts of sins, then surely so should God as he is more powerful than I am. For example. If I were to steal my neighbor's TV purely for my own entertainment wants. It is quite clear that this is an act of sin. If I am powerful enough to commit this act of stealing my neighbor's TV, then surely God is powerful enough to commit an act that results in a similar value of sin.
In this case it seems that God can be at least tempted to sin otherwise Jesus would not have warned us not to tempt God to sin. "Do not put the Lord your God to the test. It seems that if men and demons were warned by Jesus not to tempt God or not to put God to the test, then God must in fact have the ability to be tempted or put to the test. It seems to me that there must exist possible worlds where the urge for God to act upon something that would result in sin is greater than the resulting consequences of the act. It is logically impossible for God to act, or act in away that God disapproves. Therefore no force/being is able to tempt God into sinning. I think that good and evil exist externally to God, therefore the argument does not hold true. " It was the case that Jesus was tempted to sin by the devil. When I look at what tempted means, I think it is the urge to commit an act. Even though Jesus had the ability to sin, he chose not to. It seems to me that if God can be tempted to sin.
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