Outline Of Attributes Of God

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Different religious traditions have differing (though often similar) attributes of God, including expansive powers and abilities, psychological characteristics, gender characteristics, and preferred nomenclature. The assignment of these attributes often differs according to the conceptions of God in the culture from which they arise. For example, attributes of God in Christianity, attributes of God in Islam, and the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy in Judaism share certain similarities arising from their common roots.

God in the philosophy of religion

Main article: The Attributes of God

• Monotheism
  • Theism
  • Pantheism
  • Panentheism
• Polytheism
• Agnosticism

The philosophy of religion recognizes the following as essential attributes of God:

• Eternity (God is not bound by time)
• Existence
• Gender of God
• Immutability (God is not subject to change)
• Impassibility (God is not affected)
• Incorporeality (God is not material)
• Names (“Word“)
• Omnipotence (limitless power)
• Omniscience (limitless knowledge)
• Oneness (God is wholly benevolent)
• Simplicity (God is not composite)

Abrahamic religions

Main article: God in Abrahamic Religions 
See also: The Attributes Of God According To The Old Testament

Christianity

Main article: Attributes of God in Christianity
See also: God in Christianity, God in Catholicism, and God in Mormonism

When we speak of the attributes of God in Christianity, we are talking about those characteristics that helps us to understand who He truly is.

The most common way to classify God’s attributes divides them into:

• Incommunicable attributes (traits that God doesn’t share or “communicate” to others)
• Communicable attributes (traits that God shares or “communicates” with us).

God’s incommunicable attributes Aseity (God is so independent that he does not need us) Eternal nature (God is infinite, but we are finite) Holiness (He is separate from sin and incorruptible) Immanence (divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world) Impassibility  (God does not experience pain or pleasure from the actions of another being) Immutability (he never changes, but we do) Infinity (God includes both his Eternity and his immensity) Impeccability (God cannot sin) Incomprehensibility (Acatalepsy; God is not able to be fully known) Incorporeality (Not composed of matter; having no material existence) Mystery (God only reveals certain knowledge to the human race. “God is ultimate mystery.”) Omnibenevolence (“unlimited or infinite benevolence” Omnipotence (All powerful, Almighty) Omnipresence (God is everywhere at once, but we can only be in one place at a time) Omniscience (God has the capacity to know everything including the future) Oneness (The oneness, or unity of God refers to his being one and only) Simplicity (God is not partly this and partly that, but that whatever he is, he is so entirely.) Transcendence (Wholly independent of the material universe, beyond all known physical laws)

God’s communicable attributes Goodness (“God is the final standard of good, and all that God is and does is worthy of approval.”) Graciousness (“the love and mercy given to us by God because God desires us to have it, not necessarily because of anything we have done to earn it”) Jealousy (God “zeal to protect a love relationship or to avenge it when broken”) Justice (God is just, and we’re capable of justice) Love (God is love, and we’re capable of love) Knowledge (God has knowledge, and we can have it, too) Mercy (God is merciful, and we’re also capable of mercy) Mission (Christian Mission is not primarily an activity of the church, but an attribute of God) Righteousness  (God’s holiness, to his justice, or to his saving activity) Providence (God‘s intervention in the Universe. God’s care for the universe) Sovereignty  (God being in complete control as he directs all things) Trinity (The relationship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit described in the Bible) Veracity (“God, who does not lie.”) Wrat (“God’s wrath is his love in action against sin.”)

Judaism

Main article: Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
See also: God in Judaism and Divine Providence in Judaism

The single attributes are contained in the verses as follows:

1. יְהוָה YHVH: compassion before a person sins;
2. יְהוָה YHVH: compassion after a person has sinned;
3. אֵל El: mighty in compassion to give all creatures according to their need;
4. רַחוּם Raḥum: merciful, that humankind may not be distressed;
5. וְחַנּוּן VeḤanun: and gracious if humankind is already in distress;
6. אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם Erekh appayim: slow to anger;
7. וְרַב-חֶסֶד VeRav ḥesed: and plenteous in kindness;
8. וֶאֱמֶת VeEmet: and truth;
9. נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים Notzer ḥesed laalafim: keeping kindness unto thousands;
10. נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן Noseh avon: forgiving iniquity;
11. וָפֶשַׁע VaFeshah: and transgression;
12. וְחַטָּאָה VeḤata’ah: and sin;
13. וְנַקֵּה VeNakeh: and pardoning.

Islam

Main article: Attributes of God in Islam and God, His Essence And Attributes
See also: Allah and God in Islam

Islam’s most fundamental concept is a strict monotheism called tawhid. God is described in the Qur’an as:

“Say: He is God, the One; God, the Eternal, the Absolute; He begot no one, nor is He begotten; Nor is there to Him equivalent anyone.”.”

According to the religious methodology or the basic principles of religion, the Attributes of God in Islam consist of certain transcending and blessed concepts—whose transcendence and blessedness come from the Being Whom they describe; these describe God Almighty and are, in one sense, regarded as the veils of the Divine Essence. These blessed concepts, mentioned as the Attributes of the Divine Being, are either in the form of nouns, infinitives, adverbs, or of adjectives.

Attributes of God in Islam divided into 5 categories;

The Attributes of God in Islam

The Attributes of Exemption God Almighty is absolutely free or exempt from any: need defect fault shortcoming impotence poverty neediness the need to eat or drink to beget or be begotten The Essential Attributes (The All-Holy, Self-) Existence (Wujud) Oneness (Wahdaniyya) Having No Beginning (Qidam) Eternal Permanence (Baqa’) Being Unlike the Created (Muhalafatun lil-hawadith) Self-Subsistence (Qiyam bi-nafsihi)     Affirmative Attributes Life (Hayah) Knowledge (‘Ilm) Hearing (Sam‘a) Sight (Basar) Will (Irada) Power (Qudra) Speech (Kalam) Making Exist (Takwin) The  Attributes of Action Creation (Khalq) Originating Uniquely (Ibda’) Producing (Insha’) Giving Life and Reviving, and Causing to Die (Ihya’ and Imata) Providing (Tarziq)   God’s Figurative Attributes “Coming” in And Your Lord comes (89:22); “Self-Establishment” in The All-Merciful, Who has established Himself on the Supreme Throne (20:5), which means God’s subjugating the creation to His command, manifesting His Sovereignty, Grandeur, and Power; “Avoidance” in God avoids but completing His light (9:32); “Self” in He has bound Himself to mercy (6:12), And I have attached you to Myself (20:41), and in the Prophetic saying, “You are as You have praised Yourself;” and the Prophetic quotation from God, “Surely I have made wrongdoing unlawful for Myself.” “Wrath” in God has become wrathful with them (4:93), which means punishment and condemnation; “Hand” in verses such as God’s hand is over their hands (48:10), and All grace is in God’s hand (57:29), which means power, ownership, control and disposal, and help; “Face” in verses such as Everything is perishable except His Face (28:88), But there remains forever the Face of Your Lord (55:27), and “We feed you only for the sake of God’s Face” (76:9), which means the Divine Being Himself or God’s approval and good pleasure. “Saying” in verses like: When your Lord said to the angels (2:30); “Speaking” in His Lord spoke to him (7:143); “All-Hearing, All-Seeing” in the Divine declaration, Surely God is All-Hearing, All-Seeing (22:75); “Companionship” which is understood from God is with You (47:35); and “Footing” in They have a sure footing with their Lord (10:2), “Asking” in “He asks the angels;” “Ordering” and “Prohibiting” in the Prophetic sayings where we see the phrases “He orders” and “He prohibits;” “Witnessing” in the sayings where the phrase “He witnesses” is mentioned; “Moving Speedily” in the sayings such as “He moves speedily to respond with favor;” “Approaching” in such sayings as “He immediately approaches with favor;” “Descending” in the sayings such as “He descends to the heaven of the world,” and several other concepts such as: “Loving, Becoming Wrathful, the Best Form, Exhilaration, Smiling, Grasping, Contracting, Expanding, Struggling, Feeling Wonder, Showing Care, Heed and Sensitivity, Being with or Companionship” in the Prophetic say­ings where we see the phrases, “He loves; He becomes wrathful; He is seen in the Best Form; He exhilarates; He smiles; He grasps; He expands; He struggles; He feels wonder; There is none more careful and sensitive than God,” and “I am with him when he mentions Me,” respectively.

Eastern religions

Jainism

Main article: God in Jainism

• Jainism and Non-creationism
• Mahavira
• Tirthankara
• Salakapurusa

Buddhism

Main article: God in Buddhism

• Buddhism and Evolution
• Bodhisattva
  • Metteyya – Maitreya
• God in Buddhism
  • Buddhist Deities
  • Japanese Buddhist Pantheon

Hinduism

Main article: God in Hinduism

• God in Hinduism
• God and Gender in Hinduism
• Hindu Views on Monotheism
• Deva in Hinduism
• Devi
• Gautama Buddha in Hinduism
• Ayyavazhi Trinity
• Murti
• Avatar
• Hindu Gods And Goddesses

Sikhism

Main article: God in Sikhism

• Ik Onkar
• Gender of God in Sikhism
• Idolatry in Sikhism

African Traditional Concept of God

Main article: African Traditional Concept of God

New religious movements

Main article: The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception

Main article: Unitarian Universalism

Satanism

Main article: LaVeyan Satanism

Relationship with creation

Main article: Creator Deity 
See also: Prayer, Adoration, Atonement, Dua, Blessing, Thanksgiving, Supplication, and Worship

Jews and Christians believe that humans are created in the image of God, and are the center, crown and key to God’s creation, stewards for God, supreme over everything else God had made (Gen 1:26); for this reason, humans are in Christianity called the “Children of God“.

Disputes

The existence of God is a subject of debate in the philosophy of religion and popular culture.

Main articles:

• • Existence
  • Essence
  • Being
  • Being and Existence
  • The Existence of God
  • Theory of Everything
  • Natural Theology

Frequently Asked Questions about God

Does God Exist? Who Created God? Why Cannot We See God? Why Can’t We See God? His Existence and Unity The Existence and Unity of God Why Did God Create The Universe? Does God Know What is Better For Us? What Ever We Have Is A Blessing Of God Two Supreme Proofs of Divine Unity Is There Really A Supreme Being? Given That God Created Everything, Who Created God? Why Did He Not Create Universe Sooner? Why Did God Create Humans Physically And Financially Different? How Does Single Being Direct And Administer Entire Universe? What are Essence and Attributes of God, Can We Describe Him? Equation On God Without Partners Is God A Man? Is Jesus God? Is God Afraid of Us? God And Man How Does God Permit Infinite Ugliness and Awesome Calamity? Is Submission To God In Accord With Sense And Reason? The spirit and conscience are a strong argument for the existence of One God. What Is Universal Wisdom About Creation Of Celestial Bodies? Is Man’s Weakness And Impotence An Appeal For Divine Help?

What Is Divine Decree? The Meaning of Gods Unity Arguments for Divine Unity The Entire Cosmos is a Mirror to the Divine Christianity and Divine Unity A Most Direct And Safest Way To God Praise and Glorification of God Divine Teaching and Directing The Divine Purpose for The Creation of Man Divine Decree and Destiny Is Divine Unity Necessity of Creation? Divine Decree and Destiny in Relation with Divine Will Divine Decree and Destiny, and Human Free Will Divine Decree and Destiny in Divine Knowledge Divine Decree and Destiny in Relation to Creation Divine Decree and Destiny in Relation to Registry and Duplication Destiny, Faith and The Meaning Of Divine Decree The Divine Wisdom In Creating People Differently Divine Support and Ensuring Its Continuation From Beauty To Divine Love Destiny is a Title for Divine Knowledge God is Absolutely Capable of Destroying the World and Rebuild It Majority of The Mankind Believes in The Existence of God God’s existence in Sufism Wahda and Kasra (Unity and Multiplicity) Wujud (Finding and wujud) What Is “Unity of Being” (Wahdat al-Wujud)? Tajalli (Manifestation of God) Ma’rifa (Spiritual Knowledge of God)  ‘Aql (Reason Ihsan (Perfect Goodness)

Arguments for God’s existence

Arguments or proofs for the Existence of God have been proposed by philosophers, theologians, and other thinkers. These arguments have an epistemological dimension (how can one know that God exists?) and an ontological dimension (what is the nature of God’s being?).

• All Traditional Arguments for God’s Existence
• Arguments for the Existence of God
• Does God Exist?

Argument from beauty Argument from consciousness Five Ways (Aquinas’ The Quinque Viae) Argument from metaphysical motion Argument from efficient causation Argument from contingency Argument from degrees of being Teleological Argument Arguments for Divine Unity Argument from a proper basis Argument from desire Argument from love Argument from miracles Argument from morality Argument from religious experience Cosmological Argument Kalam Cosmological Argument Kalam

Ontological argument Christological argument Trademark argument Occam’s razor Ex nihilo Transcendental argument for the existence of God Metaphysical Necessity Anecdotal evidence God of the gaps Intelligent Design Watchmaker analogy Fine-tuned universe Life Is The Brightest Evidence Of God Death Is An Argument And Proof For Divine Oneness The spirit and conscience are a strong argument for the existence of One God. Summa Theologica Proof of The Truthful

Arguments against God’s existence

Arguments against the existence of God (atheism) range from philosophical to social and historical approaches. Rationales for not believing in deities include arguments that there is a lack of empirical evidence, the problem of evil, the argument from inconsistent revelations, the rejection of concepts that cannot be falsified, and the argument from nonbelief.

• Arguments against God’s existence
• False Arguments About The Origin of Existence
• What is Atheism?

Argument from free will Free Will In Theology Argument from inconsistent revelations Argument from nonbelief Argument from poor design Argument from Reason Argument from ignorance Incompatible-properties argument Omnipotence paradox God’s Mercy and Natural Disasters Fate of the unlearned

Problem of evil Problem of Hell Atheist’s Wager Russell’s teapot Theological noncognitivism Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit God is Dead Death of God Theology Evil God Challenge Fate of the unlearned Hitchens’s razor