:clap:A paradox shows the limit of language, not the limit of being. — unenlightened
:up:People build boxes with words and then can't get out. — T Clark
:lol:God had to make shit smell, to prevent folks disappearing up their own arses like the Ouroboros. — unenlightened
I think "the paradox" really comes down to: Can an omnipotent entity limit its own omnipotence? If it can but does not, it remains omnipotent; if it can and does so, it was omnipotent before it did and is not omnipotent after it did.So an answer to your question is; yes, he can create such a rock, but because he doesn't there's nothing he can't do. — Michael
I thought I knew 'my Aquinas' but somehow I've missed or forgotten this "maximally potent" distinction. Thanks, I'll go research it. :cool:Some theists, like Aquinas have realized that. His god is not omnipotent but only maximally potent, thus avoiding an illogical god. Others are stomping their foot and insist on an illogical god but no-one with a working brain takes them serious. — ArmChairPhilosopher
I am not asking God to make me as an image of him. I am asking God to make me 100% God as well. Why doesn’t he do it — Angelo Cannata
, let’s say “the Billionity”, — Angelo Cannata
Well, "God" is the ur-"incoherent concept" (i.e. empty name), no? — 180 Proof
But you can demonstrate quite easily that an omnipotent God does not exist: such a quality cannot be instantiated. — hypericin
Sei un buffone! — Hillary
Is buffone really bad? — Hillary
I would argue... — whollyrolling
Get involved in philosophical discussions about knowledge, truth, language, consciousness, science, politics, religion, logic and mathematics, art, history, and lots more. No ads, no clutter, and very little agreement — just fascinating conversations.