Consider an invalid inference:
1. Ignorance or moral ugliness occurs in some created state.
2. God has power over its occurrence.
3. Therefore, God Himself possesses ignorance or moral ugliness.
The conclusion does not follow. The subject of the quality is the creature or its action; the agent exercising power is considered under a different relation.
A doctor can understand and deal with disease without thereby being diseased. This limited analogy illustrates the logical distinction.
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The Universality of Divine Knowledge and Power: Classical Objections
Consider an invalid inference:
1. Ignorance or moral ugliness occurs in some created state.
2. God has power over its occurrence.
3. Therefore, God Himself possesses ignorance or moral ugliness.
The conclusion does not follow. The subject of the quality is the creature or its action; the agent exercising power is considered under a different relation.
A doctor can understand and deal with disease without thereby being diseased. This limited analogy illustrates the logical distinction.