Metaphysics of God

Ontological Argument

An argument for God based on a priori reasoning.

Cosmological Argument

Natural theology to prove the existence of God based on causation.

Design Argument

Analogical argument for the existence of God where the universe seems to have been designed.

Omniscience

All-Knowing

Omnipotent

All-powerful

Benevolence

Disposition to do good

Everlasting

Existing within time

Eternal

Existing outside of time

Immutable

Unable to change

Predicate

A property

Existence

To exist

Ontological Reality

Everything that is, is as it is

Temporal Cause

The cause is an event anterior in time to the effect, to another

Sustaining Cause

To bring about their effect continuously, such that if they ceased to exist then their effect would also cease to exist.

Infinite

To exist wholly at one time

Spatial

In space

Temporal

Idea of a linear progression

Metaphysical

Inherent or universal elements of reality which are not easily discovered or experienced in our everyday life.

Finite

The perfect - the completed, the determinate or well-defined, or the intelligible

Physically impossible

Something that is practically impossible

Logically impossible

Contradictory or against the laws of logic.

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