(April 2, 2016 at 1:56 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote:(April 2, 2016 at 12:33 pm)athrock Wrote: Ah...the ultimate "Get Out of Jail Free" card for atheists.
Prove God exists first, and then we'll talk.
(As if we can't have an intelligent conversation about God even if He doesn't.)
But whether I can prove God exists or not is irrelevant because the attributes of God which we are considering can be evaluated either way. IOW, we don't need an ACTUAL God in order to discuss the omnipotence or omniscience of a theoretical god, do we?
As long as you acknowledge that your just making it up as go, sure we can discuss it. However, Until you actually produce an Omnipotent Omniscient god I don't see how we can have a reasonable discussion about a hypothetical being from your imagination.
I'm not making it up as I go. Catholic theology has been developed over the course of nearly 2,000 years.