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Permanent omnipotence?
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#31
RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:26 pm (This post was last modified: November 11, 2012 at 4:27 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
I guess he either has or hasn't used his omnipotence to make a choice to be permanently omnipotent.

But if he chooses to be permanently omnipotent, then he can't change his mind... so that makes him not omnipotent.
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RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:27 pm (This post was last modified: November 11, 2012 at 4:28 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
MI "You may or may not encounter resistance, they may or may not be armed, you may or may not be equipped to resolve the situation"


-Thank you MI, so helpful. Howsabout you stick to the weather?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#33
RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:29 pm (This post was last modified: November 11, 2012 at 4:30 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
It's good to be clear. Sometimes even when it gets silly. Pedantry is necessary against illogical propositions.
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#34
RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:30 pm
Clarity in absurdity. Always useful.....though we can never pin down why that is.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:33 pm (This post was last modified: November 11, 2012 at 4:33 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
It's probably useful because it seems useful to us and things usually are how they appear to be even though there are still many times when things aren't how they appear to be.
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#36
RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:36 pm
(November 11, 2012 at 4:27 pm)Rhythm Wrote: MI "You may or may not encounter resistance, they may or may not be armed, you may or may not be equipped to resolve the situation"


-Thank you MI, so helpful. Howsabout you stick to the weather?

Source?
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RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Sounds like Family Guy to me, haha.
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RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:37 pm (This post was last modified: November 11, 2012 at 4:38 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Oh I don't know about that, some folks think that it rains because clouds are full of water, when the reality is that it rains because the ground isn't..lol.
(November 11, 2012 at 4:36 pm)apophenia Wrote: Source?

A conversation i had with MI..lol.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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#39
RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:38 pm
True. I guess most things that seem true to us are true when they are things that are required for our survival and reproduction. Otherwise we wouldn't have survived.
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RE: Permanent omnipotence?
November 11, 2012 at 4:40 pm (This post was last modified: November 11, 2012 at 4:42 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
We have a long list of functional mistakes that impeach that appraisal as well..hehehe. We think that rocks are solid, for example, even though they are mostly empty...but it was still a good idea not to beat our heads against them.

"Not just stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose"
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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