Posted: Apr 25, 2012 11:28 am
JHendrix wrote:1. God Exists
(Logical Contradiction 4 -> 7)
2. God is Omniscient, Omnipotent, and Wholly Good
3. “Goodness” is explicitly defined as God’s Nature.
3a. Anything not in God’s Nature is by definition not good (ie. evil)
4. God is perfectly Holy - he can never sin or commit evil (ie. he can never go against his nature)
5. God’s Free Will is limited by his Holiness (Ref Habakkuk 1:13)
5a. God does not have Free Will with respect to morality
6. Since God’s Nature does not entail it, Free Will with respect to morality is evil by definition.
7. God created humanity with Free Will with respect to morality
Well I disagree with your 3a. There are plenty of things which are good and yet not part of God's nature. For example, hope is a virtue for humans, but God who knows the future perfectly is not able to hope. I suppose one might say it is God's nature to be the recipient of hope, though.