Topic: philosophy of religion

God: All-Good or All-Evil…is there any Difference?

A Topic Concerning the Question of Evil A long-simmering debate in theology involves the status of the classical definition of God.  Traditionally, one area of agreement between Theists and Atheists has been in the definition of God. The mainstream among Abrahamic monotheists tends of center around God as Omnipotent, Omniscient, Omnipresent and Omnibenevolent.  One of God: All-Good or All-Evil…is there any Difference?

Can God be Happy or Sad?

Colorful painting of swirling galaxy.

One of the central questions in Theology involves the nature of God.  While religious studies employs different standards of proof that other disciplines in philosophy, one longstanding method has involved looking for logical consistency among different traits proposed.  In this lesson, the Polish philosopher Leszek Kołakowski calls for us to think about the question of God’s Can God be Happy or Sad?