So I don't see how desire and pure act are exclusive

Because what is entailed by having a desire is to be potentially or actually out of accord with the object of that desire(a standard). So either god has potential(desires which it may or may not be out of accord with), which obviously rules out pure act, or god is actually out of accord with its desires, which makes god imperfect, and still not fully actual(which Christians reject)

As for that church (non)response to interpretation, it just begs the same question of interpretation except directed at the church.

@Eoppa

not really imo
thats a bit like saying that god not being able to sin prevents him from being purely actual

Your problem comes when you realize God's desire isn't about something he lacks, but what we lack.

thats a good way of putting it

its like gods desire is not a thing he wants per say its a thing that he has already implemented through the test of free will

Yeah none of this actually addresses the objection

You don’t get to just equivocate on desire.

I've already addressed it, you assume desire is always selfish

actually we do @Blueroad

Idk why you think desires being selfish has anything to do with this

What it means to have a desire is to have a standard in mind that you strive to be in accord with

selfish is when you put yourself above your people

aka pride

what does selishness even have to do with this

again, points flying right over your heads

If you have potential to be in or out of accord with a standard you 1) are not purely actual and 2) are imperfect

So either god doesn’t have desires(which brings another host of problems) or god does and the Christian view is incoherent

The supreme is all around us, its immaterial but it does have human avatars

every couple thousand years

@Veraic thats so irrelevant

What is the topic?

its not, the supreme does not have desires as a human does, the Lord is above those things

A human avatar does not have the same desires as a normal person as well, because of their holyness and oneness with the Lord

So how does a supreme have desires

Of course a supreme being has desires, though they are disimilar to humans. What is the issue?

the Body is what causes desires, the soul does not

So how does a supreme have desires

@Blueroad What is the issue with a God harbouring desires?

I’ve explained it earlier on just scroll up

And this only applies to an abrahamic god or anything similar to it

Where?

I just told you where

Scroll up

ah just so anyone wondering, i am not talking about an Abrahamic view on God

"Up" is not the clearest statement.

lol that was clear

Make the screen you are currently viewing pan up by either swiping your finger or by scrolling with a mouse

Sorry for being unclear