Quote:Alpha Male: I mean that I can't evaluate your conclusion without knowing how you define all powerful. So, why don't you just define it?
Quote:Mr. Greene: As we've spelled out; Omnipotence is an impossibility at the most fundamental level.
For the record;
omnipotent
adjective UK /ɒmˈnɪp.ə.tənt/ US /ɑːmˈnɪp.ə.t̬ənt/ formal
having unlimited power and able to do anything.
I accept that omnipotent means:"Can do anything which is not logically impossible". For example, a planar square which is curved is impossible, (a round square cannot exist by definition). So an omnipotent being could not make a round square. No problem.
What I object to is that in religious sermons, preachers claim that "God" is all powerful. Take this website as another example :-
Quote:"Discover God"
"God is all powerful"
http://www.discovergod.com/character02.html
It says: "God is all powerful so He can help you with anything ".
The concept of all powerful is not qualified in that website as limited in power. But if I wanted to make a square circle, "God" couldn't help me.
I do not suppose that you will hear a preacher in the pulpit claim: "Our Lord God is almighty, except for things which are not logically possible". No, they leave it at: "Our Lord God is almighty", thus misleading unsceptical people astray. It's dishonesty by omission, in my opinion.
There are no atheists in terrorist training camps.
