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omnibenevolence

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Benevolence toward all.

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  • noun The state or condition of being omnibenevolent.

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Examples

  • This responsibility contradicts the idea of omnibenevolence.

    Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Three - The Nature of God and Evil | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • In the former case, divine omnibenevolence and revelation are at best ethically superfluous, and in the latter, the absolute divine commands fail to provide any reason at all for imposing particular kinds of conduct.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • So for Pealgius, there is no contradiction between omnipotence and omnibenevolence, nor is there a conflict between omnipotence and free will.

    Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Three - The Nature of God and Evil | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • In the case of theism, it will emerge that neither the attribution of omnibenevolence to God nor the invocation of divine commandments enables its theology to give a cogent justification for any particular actionable moral code.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Gordon McCabe 2009

  • In fact, we can see that the opposite is the case when we consider that, in addition to calling his theism dipolar, he refers to it as a type of panentheism, which literally means that all is in the one God by means of omniscience (as Hartshorne defines the term) and omnibenevolence.

    Charles Hartshorne Dombrowski, Dan 2009

  • My concept of a Deity includes omnibenevolence, and I refuse to believe He is not as good a person as I am.

    The Real, The Complex, and The Imaginary Zoe Brain 2008

  • Simply put, most Christians fail to consider seriously the implications of omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence and omnibenevolence.

    "Do You Believe in God?" 2007

  • Given omnipotence and omnibenevolence, God would not permit a change of this magnitude against His will.

    The Speculist: Survey Results 1-9 2006

  • Given omnipotence and omnibenevolence, God would not permit a change of this magnitude against His will.

    The Speculist: June 2006 Archives 2006

  • What's wrong with just trusting God's omnibenevolence in such situations?

    Your Right Hand Thief 2005

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