RE: Better reasons to quit Christianity
August 19, 2012 at 2:41 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2012 at 2:43 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 18, 2012 at 10:29 pm)spockrates Wrote: I propose we use the meaning of the word omnipotent that is not logically absurd. If we say, like some mistakenly believe, that omnipotence is the power to do anything at all, then that means it is the power to make a person 100% honest 100% of the time and (at the same time) 100% dishonest 100% of the time. If we say omnipotence is the power to do anything at all, then it would be the power to make a circle that is not only perfectly round, but also has four right angles at the same time. If we say omnipotence is the power to do anything at all, then it would be the power to make an object that is completely white and completely black at the same time. Such propositions are self-contradictory, illogical and absurd!
So I don't see anyway it is logically possible for omnipotence to be the power to do absolutely anything at all--no matter how utterly ridiculous it is. What I suggest is that omnipotence is instead the power to do anything that is not self-contradictory, is not illogical and is not absurd. Would you agree with this definition of the word? Or do you think it nonsensical for me to make such a suggestion?
Sounds fine and dandy. On that note, while some waste their time worshipping a creature constrained by logic I'll spend my time feeling awe and reverence for the thing that gave rise to those "laws of logic"...since they're clearly superior than this god creature to begin with. fewer bullshit fairy tale attachments, no fucking ridiculous commandments. Lets start making your god tales consistent with logic btw, would you like to do that? I doubt it very much. I think this is a tactic used only within a narrow scope to evade an argument for which the original proponents of these god's powers were completely and utterly ignorant of (not that they should have been...because the argument against omnipotence is older than the christian god to begin with).
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