(December 10, 2014 at 6:40 am)ManMachine Wrote:Which is answered by God's own description of Himself. In that He is alpha and and omega, the beginning and end of all things. In short this means God is/has the authority to be whatever He wants to be. In essence that is what omnipotence is.(December 9, 2014 at 6:28 pm)dyresand Wrote: just for a moment one has to wonder if god is a theist or an atheist.
god is the most powerful being if he existed so does he or does he not have to believe in a higher power such as himself? if god didn't he is an atheist if god believed there is a higher power than himself he would be a theist.
so if god believed in a higher power shouldn't people praise the guy who made god instead.
This is the Omnipotence paradox.
Omnipotence Paradox
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Example: can God create a rock so big He cant't lift it? This is the essence of your paradox, but as the alpha and omega God gets to decide whether or not he could do such a trivial thing. If He wills that He do such a thing then He can if His will says no, then He can't. That is what it truly means to be All powerful.


