Omnipotence and the Morality of Hating God

Philosophia Christi 24 (2):271-283 (2022)
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Could God command us to hate him? Here I offer two arguments that He cannot. I also argue that this restriction on God’s power is consistent with a strong doctrine of omnipotence according to which God can do anything broadly logical possible.

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10.5840/pc202224223

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Thomas M. Ward
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