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The paradox of omnipotence can be introduced with the question 'Can God create a stone so heavy that he cannot lift it?' Keene argues that the negative answer--'God cannot create a stone that he cannot lift'--is consistent with divine omnipotence, because despite its superficial linguistic structure, it affirms rather than ...
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www.philosophyofreligion.info/arguments-for-atheism/pro...
www.philosophyofreligion.info/arguments-for-atheism/problems-with-divine-omnipotence/dissolving-the-paradox-of-omnipotence/
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So let's rephrase the Omnipotence Paradox thus: Can an all-powerful being demonstrate such great power that he renders himself powerless? ... Continue on to The Omnipotence Paradox - part 2 ... The Omnipotence Paradox - part 1...
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www.biblelighthouse.com/sovereignty/omnipotenceparadox1...
www.biblelighthouse.com/sovereignty/omnipotenceparadox1.htm
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The omnipotence paradox is an apparent contradiction in the notion of an omnipotent (all-powerful) being (such as God, or Superman, or the government). An omnipotent being can do absolutley anything. So can an omnipotent being create a stone that is too heavy for him to lift?
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www.greatplay.net/uselessia/articles/omnipyparadox.html
www.greatplay.net/uselessia/articles/omnipyparadox.html
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The intelligibility of the notion of omnipotence has been challenged by the so-called paradox or riddle of the stone. Can an omnipotent agent, Jane, bring it about that there is a stone of some mass, m, which Jane cannot move?
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plato.stanford.edu/entries/omnipotence/
plato.stanford.edu/entries/omnipotence/
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Most repudiations of the omnipotence paradox usually concern the definition of omnipotence, reducing it to merely an argument about semantics. ... The omnipotence paradox refers to various paradoxical situations regarding the abilities of an omnipotent being - i.e., God - which might undermine such a being's omnipotence.
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rationalwiki.com/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox
rationalwiki.com/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox
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Jun 17, 2007 ... The omnipotence paradox, usually stated in some such form as "Can God make a stone so heavy that he can't lift it? ...
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skepticwiki.org/index.php/Omnipotence_Paradox
skepticwiki.org/index.php/Omnipotence_Paradox
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Fourth, I will analyze the Paradox of Omnipotence and show that there is only one objection which is valid for the theist and which entails claiming (11'). From my analysis, I will asseverate that a theist who holds that God is limited by free will and refutes the Paradox of Omnipotence believes a logical contradiction.
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www.quodlibet.net/horner-logic.shtml
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Date posted: April 11, 2005 ; Last revised: May 02, 2006 ... ; Abstract: ; Sovereigns, like individuals, ... The opposite, however, can also be true: constitutional arrangements can and do impede sovereign commitment by entrenching inalienable governmental powers and immunities. This Article explores the nature and origins...
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D. The paradox of omnipotence, the barber, and the lia ... The paradox of omnipotence is widely thought to be of the "Barber-type" (see Section 1), for it seems to prove that omnipotence cannot exist as naively conceived. If we naively assume that a deity can do any act at any time, then can she make a stone so heavy that...
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www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/psa/sec03.htm
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