| happydolphin said: 1. @OP. A creator is worthy of praise. Assuming he is not himself created and the praise is not intended to go a level higher, to a higher creator, then I am thinking that the utmost creator is worthy of all praise and that he is almighty. 2. @OP. I'll concede that the most contestable one is all-mighty. However, think of it the case where the creature was able to learn and outgrow its creator. In such a case, there is something in the universe that allows the creature to outgrow its creator, and that process of learning is in itself part of the created order, leading one to believe that there was a greater creator than the original mini-creator in the first place. 3.Ultimately, believing in God is a leap of faith that requires all these to be true all at once. It all makes sense, but you have to get to the question first. |
1. I'm not sure what you mean here. I never said a creator wouldn't be worthy of praise.
2. I'm not making the argument that the universe is more powerful than the a creator. I'm not saying that there's anything at all more powerful than a Creator. It's possible that there's nothing that exists which is stronger than a Creator, but does that mean the Creator is all-powerful? Not necessarily, depending on your definition of "all-powerful."
If your definition of "all-powerful" is being more powerful than anything that exists, then I wouldn't argue against it (frankly because I'm not interested in assuming the "power" of the universe). However, if your definition of "all-powerful" is having the ability to create anything, then we cannot say for sure whether a Creator follows such a definition. We cannot know whether or not the Creator has the ability to create things that he hasn't yet created. It's possible that he had the ability, but simply decided not to create something. But it's also possible that he lacked the ability, and thus could not create that very same thing.
3. What do you mean "it all makes sense"?
