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Originally Posted by kellychaos
I don't care what's in the Bible. Think logically. Could you define all that IS without the idea of nothingness? Coud you describe hot without cold? No. In both cases, certain sensory data (or lack or it) is needed to serve as a measuring stick, so to speak. The same can and has been said of metaphysical and religious principles by leading religious philosophers throughout history. A basis of comparison, or starting point if you prefer is needed. Of course, one could say that the definitition of God lies in the metaphysical and, as such, is beyond human language and understanding but then that defeats the purpose of having a definition in the human sense of the word anyway, doesn't it? It's the same principle and it isn't necessary to say so in print.
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Can you describe hot without cold? Can you describe the feeling of hot or cold at all without a circular definition? I know you can
feel hot without cold; you can tell the difference between hot and warm, and they're not opposites.
And you missed my point. Since Satan isn't mentioned in any of the passages where God is described, it is possible and quite easy to conceive of God without any opposite; your bases of comparison are humans, who are not evil but are simply less good than God.
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