Omnipotence paradox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The omnipotence paradox is a family of related paradoxes addressing the question of what is possible for an omnipotent being to do. The paradox states that if the being can perform such actions, the...
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Omnipotence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Omnipotence (from Latin: : "all power") is unlimited power. Monotheistic religions generally attribute omnipotence to only the deity of whichever faith is being addressed. In the philosophies of most...
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Omnipotence is a part of the concept of deity; God, if he exists, is omnipotent. It is sometimes argued, however, that the concept of omnipotence is paradoxical, logically incoherent, and so that it is logically impossible that there be any being that is omnipotent.
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The paradox of omnipotence presents the theist with the question “Can God create a rock so heavy that he cannot lift it?” This question, it is argued, cannot be answered in a way that is consistent with God’s omnipotence.
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The Omnipotence of God ... Some people love to attack this conception of God because they believe there is a logical flaw in it.[3] One of the classic questions that is asked of students in Philosophy 101, in Introduction to Ethics, or in courses on Logic or in the field of Physics known as Quantum Mechanics, is this one:
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The power of God to effect whatever is not intrinsically impossible ... Omnipotence is the power of God to effect whatever is not intrinsically impossible. These last words of the definition do not imply any imperfection, since a power that extends to every possibility must be perfect.
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"The power to sin is the power to fall short of perfection. Since this is the opposite of omnipotence, God's inability to sin is not inconsistent with His omnipotence; rather, it is entailed by His omnipotence" (40).
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Thus, for an additional reason, it does not seem that God could sin (cf. Davies; 179). Works Cited; Aquinas, St. Thomas. "The Omnipotence of God." In Philosophy of Religion. 2nd ed. Ed. William L. Rowe and William J. Wainwright.
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God's almighty power puts man's presumptuous ambitions to shame. Ponder these Biblical rebuttals to Pastor Warren's assertions in "A philosophy of leadership by Rick Warren"
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