Year 13 - Attributes of God

1. What does it mean to suggest that God is omnipotent?

• That God is all powerful

• That God lives forever

• That God is everywhere at once

• That God is all knowing

Which of these is a possible definition of omniscience?

• That God is all powerful

• That God knows all that it is logically possible to know

• That God knows more than human beings

• That God knows what I will do tomorrow

What does it mean to describe God as timeless?

• He does not change

• He goes on forever, no beginning, no end

• He is in time and experiences change

• He is outside of time and all of time is present to God

Which word best sums up Boethius’ understanding of God as eternal?

• He is everlasting

• He has no beginning

• He is timeless

• He is never-ending

What does Swinburne mean by suggesting that God’s omnipotence should be defined in a narrower way?

• That God can do all things

• That God is limited and not really omnipotent

• That definitions of omnipotence are too complicated

• That we ought not include actions that are logically impossible

Which word does Peter Geach propose as an alternative to the word omnipotence?

• Almighty

• Quite powerful

• Immutable

• Transcendent

Which of these issues is not a problem of God’s omniscience?

• Knowing the past

• Knowing the future

• Middle knowledge

• Knowing the taste of food

Which of the following words is not part of the traditional theistic idea of God?

• Benevolent

• Eternal

• Impassive

• Holy

What is Boethius’ solution to the problem of eternity and foreknowledge?

• God knows the future and we do not have freewill

• God does not know the future, it hasn’t happened yet

• God knows the future but does not cause it to happen

• God knows the future but does not foreknow as he is outside of time

Which of these problems is not linked to the attributes of God?

• The problem of evil

• The problem of creation versus evolution

• The problem of freewill

• The problem of prayer