This logical contradiction between omnipotence and omniscience is summarised in the followng rhyme:
'Can God, who knows the future, find,
The power to change his future mind?' (Actually, I think it says 'omnipotent God' in the original, but that doesn't scan as well).
I've also devised a little poem about the problem of evil.
If God can do most anything,
And if he's truly good,
It seems to me
(You must agree)
To prove it, first he should:
Get rid of war, and all disease,
From AIDS to bouts of flu.
Then, looking back,
A heart attack,
For Hitler; start anew.
He should announce from up on high,
That he digs contraception,
To all impart,
Life doesn't start,
The moment of conception.
They say that life's a moral test,
He gives us all free will,
That's his excuse,
To seem obtuse,
And let us maim and kill.
But this just doesn't cut it, no!
He must end the world's malaise,
Get rid of pain,
And the insane,
And fucking 'Songs of Praise'.
If anyone has any suggestions as to how I could improve it (some of the expressions were slightly contrived in order to fit the rhyme scheme), please tell me.
Ta,
Omnissiunt One
'Can God, who knows the future, find,
The power to change his future mind?' (Actually, I think it says 'omnipotent God' in the original, but that doesn't scan as well).
I've also devised a little poem about the problem of evil.
If God can do most anything,
And if he's truly good,
It seems to me
(You must agree)
To prove it, first he should:
Get rid of war, and all disease,
From AIDS to bouts of flu.
Then, looking back,
A heart attack,
For Hitler; start anew.
He should announce from up on high,
That he digs contraception,
To all impart,
Life doesn't start,
The moment of conception.
They say that life's a moral test,
He gives us all free will,
That's his excuse,
To seem obtuse,
And let us maim and kill.
But this just doesn't cut it, no!
He must end the world's malaise,
Get rid of pain,
And the insane,
And fucking 'Songs of Praise'.
If anyone has any suggestions as to how I could improve it (some of the expressions were slightly contrived in order to fit the rhyme scheme), please tell me.
Ta,
Omnissiunt One
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
