My book report pt1

[Drich]

First of all I completely agree with you that omni- attributes for God need not be taken literally. These were simple people easily impressed. Omni- anything is essentially a superlative and should not be understood as an exact measure of an attribute.

then we have an accord.

But naturally there are two horns for every dilemma. If you set aside all-powerful (except as you say, in the chain of command sense) then just what can this god do?

In order to be an "Alpha and Omega" one must have the Power to do whatever He wants.

What are His limits?

again the nature of an alpha and omega dictate that one sets His own limits.

Can he cause the nothing of space (as we now understand it) to manifest its potential state as everything? Cause time to begin? Create all the critters from a little bit of clay? All of these sorts of claim are no longer supported by an omni-powerful God.

But they are supported by an Alpha and Omega.

There is no inherent reason to think any of these outlandish accomplishments were actually something the Christian god was capable of contributing toward.

Only if you ignore the title God gives Himself.

Do you find passages in your favorite book which enable you to accurately calibrate the actual extent and degree of your God's powers?

Again Alpha and Omega means "The beginning and End of all things." Which means God creates everything and will be the destruction of all things.

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So bluntly according to your whole argument one of the gospels is lying

The only way to assert what you have said, is to believe as Bart believes. That the contents of a gospel must be in chronological order inorder to be valid. All you or Bart have to do is provide proof that the only way a story can relayed is in chronological order, and you may have a point that you can argue.. Which will be difficult because even in this culture we except and even love some accounts that have been taken out of sequence and presented in said way.