Un caso contra el teísmo (Parte 3)

In a previous post I addressed an objection from Randy, an atheist from Cuba, who presented a case against theism. In this post I will address the second objection. Randy says that

The properties of God, being metaphysical, pose another problem: how do we know that he is omnipotent and not powerful enough to create the universe alone? What justifies the omni part, how can we know that?

Randy, you are right that God’s omnipotence is not inferred from the kalam cosmological argument, just that He is “extremely powerful” enough to bring the universe into existence. But as Dr. Craig himself states: “…the fact that an argument fails to prove that God is omnipotent does not imply that He is not omnipotent.” [1]

Then you ask the question:

How do you rule out there being a being more powerful than him?

Well, Randy, if there is a being more powerful than the one concluded by the kalam argument, it would be God! In reality, this objection does little to nothing to refute the existence of God as you can see.

How do you rule out in omniscience that he does not know everything, because he was created by a Supergod who created him making him believe that he knew everything when he does not know everything? Even God revealing to you that he knows everything, we cannot justify that he is omniscient because of the problem previously raised. This happens with all omni properties, they are unjustified.

Well, Randy, it seems you haven’t heard of Alvin Plantinga’s modal ontological argument, since the argument concludes in a Maximally Great Being possessing all the superlative attributes you claim cannot be justified.

Finally, it must be made clear that the arguments of natural theology do not aim to demonstrate all of God’s attributes, but rather to raise the possibility or probability that God exists.

Note:

[1] https://es.reasonablefaith.org/question-answer/P30/should-we-check-gods-superlative-attributes Accessed on October 31, 2019.

Jairo Izquierdo is a member of the Social Media team and an author for the Christian organization Cross Examined . He studies philosophy and theology, with his current focus being classical logic, epistemology, Christian doctrines, and philosophy of language. He is co-founder of Filósofo Cristiano . He is a member of the Christian Apologetics Alliance and a worship director at the Christian Baptist church Cristo es la Respuesta in Puebla, Mexico.