(June 11, 2010 at 7:30 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Yeah you made that point already Caecillian. I asked a different question. One contained in my previous post but you ignored it there too. 2nd chance hotel.
I said that the whole concept of 'omnipotence' might well be incoherent. On reflection, I think that it is.
If an entity is omnipotent then it can do things which will render it powerless. So 'omnipotence' is not necessarily a permanent state. But is impermanent omnipotence really omnipotence? Presumably not, since it rules out doing things at points in the future.
Equally, if an entity is omnipotent it can do anything then it can do things that it can't undo. But of course it must be able to do them. So again, a contradiction.
Hope this answers your question.
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
Friedrich Nietzsche