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Subject: Omnipotent/Omniscient Author: Rex [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 06/24/02 5:52pm In reply to: Wade A. Tisthammer 's message, "Yes. But so what?" on 05/27/02 5:06pm "Modern theists typically claim that God is omnipotent to the greatest possible extent. God can do anything that can be done, even if he can't defy basic rules of logic (find England on a U.S. map etc.)." Does this mean that God can't do that which is unnatural? It can't mean that, because by definition a god itself is supernatural or "un'natural as is a miracle. So who defines what is possible? If this is what modern Theists are saying about omnipotence, what are they sating about omniscience? There certainly is a question about a God who knows everything including future events yet claims to have given the human being free will, and punishes or rewards individuals for having simply followed their preordained courses. Free will, by the way, happens to be one of those things that is absolutely impossible...even for a god. This is the first time I've heard of Theists suggesting that their god couldn't defy basic rules of logic...this just goes against all the non logical behavior that the various holy writs ascribe to their gods. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date More on omnipotence and omniscience. Wade A. Tisthammer 06/26/02 1:16pm Arrow of time -- Damoclese, 06/26/02 4:15pm Time is... -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 06/29/02 9:02pm My representation -- Damoclese, 06/30/02 12:50am Premise 3. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 07/ 1/02 1:30am knowledge -- Damoclese, 07/ 1/02 2:26am Hi Damoclese, -- Don, 07/ 2/02 2:35pm Thanks Don -- Damoclese, 07/ 4/02 10:18pm