(February 14, 2014 at 1:28 am)Darkstar Wrote: Couldn't they just be in stalemate, then?stalemate? how do you have a stalemate between existence and non-existence? it's one or the other, a unicorn can't neither exist or not exist. this means one of their wills have to be stronger, but since both are omnipotent neither can be stronger. this is the contradiction.
How exactly are we defining omnipotence here anyway? Is it in a way that avoids that "can god create a rock he can't lift?" problem?
there are 2 aspects of omnipotence. an active aspect: the ability to do anything logically possible; and a descriptive aspect: cannot be vulnerable or overcome by anything. the descriptive aspect is what makes P3 correct. if God were made of matter, he would be vulnerable which contradicts his omnipotence so he can't be made of matter.
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