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Musings about omnipotence and perfection.
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RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection.
Most half-decent theists define omnipotence in terms of the ability to do anything that is logically possible - That is more than a reasonable definition.

What specifically is unimpressive about the ability to do anything that is logically possible? I would be amazed by such a thing, especially considering that I personally can do but a minute fraction of possible things.

Perfection seems like it has dual meanings, one is related to subjective aesthetics and the other is related to mathematics and logic, in that sense I could be equally valid in saying both "Jimmy's make the perfect steak and mushroom pie" and "1 + 1 = 2 is a perfect application of mathematics".

Flawlessness also has the same dual meaning (it actually to me seems exactly equivalent to perfection), for some objective flawlessness I believe you need two things, you need an absolute and objective truth to the object/proposition (otherwise you're talking about subjectivism or relativism) and you need to have correct the method by which you determine this proposition to be true, for instance; A wall can't be objectively flawless because it is subject to aesthetics and the environment it is in. A blue 10 meter wall might be flawless in the circumstances where it fits a 10 meter roof and the person observing it finds blue aesthetically pleasing but under the circumstances where the roof sits 11 meters above the floor and the person in question likes red it could not be deemed flawless. A wall that fits any size building and appears to the observer in their preferred color (or whatever other attributes are considered) could however be objectively flawless.
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Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Edwardo Piet - January 18, 2011 at 6:22 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Ashendant - January 18, 2011 at 6:30 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Darwinian - January 18, 2011 at 6:31 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Watson - January 21, 2011 at 11:00 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by theVOID - February 8, 2011 at 9:19 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Watson - January 21, 2011 at 1:05 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Watson - January 23, 2011 at 4:09 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by FadingW - January 22, 2011 at 7:44 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Ryft - January 29, 2011 at 10:43 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Ryft - January 30, 2011 at 10:33 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Minimalist - January 30, 2011 at 11:42 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by annatar - January 30, 2011 at 1:04 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by annatar - February 1, 2011 at 7:27 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Rwandrall - February 4, 2011 at 8:18 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Ryft - February 5, 2011 at 11:30 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Rayaan - February 7, 2011 at 3:36 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Ryft - February 8, 2011 at 3:00 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by theVOID - February 8, 2011 at 10:34 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Ryft - February 9, 2011 at 1:09 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by theVOID - February 9, 2011 at 4:12 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Ryft - February 10, 2011 at 4:19 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by theVOID - February 15, 2011 at 8:08 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Godschild - February 14, 2011 at 11:45 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Speakeasy - February 15, 2011 at 12:29 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Speakeasy - February 15, 2011 at 4:22 am
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Rayaan - February 15, 2011 at 2:03 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by Watson - February 15, 2011 at 7:12 pm
RE: Musings about omnipotence and perfection. - by theVOID - February 16, 2011 at 5:48 pm

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