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Was God the Son merely close friends with Jesus?

December 14th, 200909:58 AM ET

By Randal Rauser

Thus far we have been considering the logical puzzle of how an omniscient God could possibly become a human being. The basic problem we face is one of incompossibility of properties: i.e. there are many properties that Christians believe God exemplifies of necessity which are incompatible with attributes human beings exemplify. (Note I haven't yet ...
Did Baby Jesus know more physics than Einstein?

December 10th, 200903:59 PM ET

By Randal Rauser

Christians have classically defined God as omniscient. That is, they have affirmed that God has all knowledge; more specifically, God knows all true propositions and believes no false propositions. According to that classic understanding of God, which theologians often refer to as "classical theism", God is not only omniscient but essentially so. T...
Does the Trinity make sense (and does it matter)?

August 05th, 200902:25 AM ET

By Randal Rauser

The doctrine of the Trinity -- the doctrine that the one God is three distinct and equally divine persons -- stands at the center of Christian confession. Indeed, the doctrine has long been confessed as the foundation stone of Christian orthodoxy, and ideally also the heartbeat of Christian piety. But even so, it also represents what appears to be ...

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