Comments on: Plantinga and the Doctrine of God’s Aseity http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/06/13/plantinga-and-the-doctrine-of-gods-aseity/ Dealing with issues in reformed theology. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:24:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Scott http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/06/13/plantinga-and-the-doctrine-of-gods-aseity/#comment-15826 Scott Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:17:20 +0000 http://blog.solagratia.org/2007/06/13/plantinga-and-the-doctrine-of-gods-aseity/#comment-15826 Camden, Thanks for the post. When you say, "It is possible for God to be identical with his properties and still remain a se..." you are quite right, but the important point to note with respect to God's essential properties is that He is identical to them. Thus, there is no such thing as God, then essential properties. God *is* His essential properties, so it is impossible for God to *be* a property, given simplicity. In that sense, I think Plantinga's got it backwards. Camden,

Thanks for the post. When you say, “It is possible for God to be identical with his properties and still remain a se…” you are quite right, but the important point to note with respect to God’s essential properties is that He is identical to them. Thus, there is no such thing as God, then essential properties. God *is* His essential properties, so it is impossible for God to *be* a property, given simplicity. In that sense, I think Plantinga’s got it backwards.

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