Attributes of God

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Ex nihilo

Out of nothing

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Epistemic distance

Distance between God and humans

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Prime mover

The first of all movements and causes

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Telos

Final cause / purpose

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Contradiction

Eg. Can God create a rock he can't lift?

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Immaterial

God doesn't have a physical body

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Impassable

God cannot be changed by anything other than himself

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Immutability

God cannot change

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Perfection

God lacks nothing

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Sustenance

God sustains the world he created

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Omniscience

God is all-knowing

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Foreknowledge

God knows everything before it happens

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Predetermination

Our actions are already determined

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Immanent

God is in the world

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Transcendant

God is outside of this world

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Temporal

God is within time and space

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Incorpreality

God is non-physical

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Simplicity

God has no parts and doesn't change

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Unity

There is one God

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Eternity

God is a-temporal

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Necessary existence

It is impossible for it to not exists

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Everlasting

Ongoing within the universe and time

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Essential form of goodness

Eternal form that gives life to all other forms

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Omnibelevolent

God is all-loving

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Incarnation

Jesus is God incarnate