So, 'one has the power to make oneself commit fallacies'. That's true of me — Bartricks
Er, none - I think you've lost the plot. I'm arguing that God can do anything. I'm not arguing that I can do anything, or that anything God can do I can do. I am arguing that anything I can do, God can do, because God can do anything. — Bartricks
engage with sincerity to truth and reason — Philosopher19
I can destroy myself. If God can't destroy himself, then I'd have a power God lacks. I don't, because God can do anything and so anything I can do, God can do too.
I suggest that you heed your own request and
engage with sincerity to truth and reason
— Philosopher19 — Bartricks
There is no human nor god that can break the laws of the universe. — Athena
Look, this is about omnipotence and what it involves. It involves being able to do anything. Those who think it involves less than this need to provide non-question begging arguments for this - which is going to be somewhat hard, because all they're going to be able to do is point to ways in which being able to do anything would involve being able to do things that flout the laws of logic. Which is, of course, something that someone who can do anything can do. — Bartricks
1. If there are laws of Reason, then there is a mind whose laws they are — Bartricks
Your premise of "God" is very similar to that of Plotinus and his "One": — Gus Lamarch
Might this not be an argument from ignorance? In our experience, the laws of reason are associated with minds, namely, our own minds, which are what detects such laws. But it doesn’t necessarily follow that they are the product of a mind; — Wayfarer
My argument was that imperatives require a mind to issue them. That's self-evident to our reason. — Bartricks
As far as moral imperatives are concerned, these don’t need an abstract ‘mind’ to underwrite them. Suppose you believe that all harm you do to others will be returned to you. Then it will be rational not to harm others, without believing this imperative is issued by a mind. — Wayfarer
God' does not mean 'existence' - that's why we can intelligibly ask whether God exists. — Bartricks
How do you think God would feel about people who keep insisting he can't do things? — Bartricks
But yes, God can do anything so God can make himself disappear. That is, he can make something become nothing. Impressive, huh?
1. If there are laws of Reason, then there is a mind whose laws they are — Bartricks
If you believe it already, then there’s no need to prove it, but if you’re determined not to believe it, then the argument is not going to be persuasive; someone who wishes not to believe it will always find a way to justify themselves. — Wayfarer
If you think there's reason to think there are no imperatives of Reason — Bartricks
But, you know, if you want to just ignore arguments and insist that I am just asserting things — Bartricks
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