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Quote by: Josh  True, but it's a fairly simple matter to reconstruct the argument to make it atemporal.
Can god do or cause that which contradicts his infallible knowledge? Because if god cannot do or cause that which contradicts his knowledge, he loses his omnipotence and free will. If he can, he loses his omniscience. |
What would Kierkegaard say to this?
I think some one like Augustine would say that God can only will the Good. He cannot will other than what he wills not because of lack of power but because any other will other than his is lacks perfection; since the un-perfect has no existence (it is a privation) God can do anything that it wills (since whatever it does not will does not exist). Its not entirely convincing, i know, but that is all I can think of right now. That is why I put the Kierkegaard reference at the top. Kierkegaard is like a get out of jail free card.
I guess another way out is to say, like Platinus, that nothing can be predicated of God. I think that probably is the best solution because the Augustinian one I don't think is valid (and I don't think Augustine would actually say what I said he would say) but I'll post it any way.
I think the question is difficult because you are basically asking can God take way His eternal being. (I know this is not at all how you worded it but I think it follows from what you said.)