Why is omnipotence important?
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Why is omnipotence important?
The term omnipotence refers to the idea that God is all-powerful. There are many stories in the Bible which reveal the power of God. An example of God’s omnipotence is found in Genesis chapter 1 that describes the creation of the world. It states how God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh.
What makes someone omnipotent?
1 : one who has unlimited power or authority : one who is omnipotent. 2 capitalized : god sense 1.
Can omnipotence be defeated?
No. First of all Omnipotent beings cannot be defeated. Heck a true omnipotent being doesn’t even exist in all of fiction. Omnipotent means “be able to do anything anytime anywhere.” A fictional Omnipotent being would be real, since Omnipotence is not limited to the boundaries of fiction.
Is omnipotence logically coherent?
In conclusion god’s omnipotence is logically coherent until god omnipotence attempts something illogical and the it becomes incoherent and completely depends on what way you interpret the omnipotence of god.
Can a being be omnipotent?
The omnipotent being is essentially omnipotent, and therefore it is impossible for it to be non-omnipotent. Further, the omnipotent being can do what is logically impossible—just like the accidentally omnipotent—and have no limitations except the inability to become non-omnipotent.
Is omniscience logically possible?
But the logic of our language does not show how such a statement, even if it happened to be untrue, could ever be self-contradictory. That implies knowing what is by definition unknown: the non- existence of unknown facts. Hence omniscience is impossible.
Is divine omnipotence inconsistent with human freedom?
It has also been argued that the existence of an omnipotent being would be inconsistent with human freedom. Finally, divine omnipotence is one of the premises leading to the alleged contradiction in traditional religious belief known as the Logical Problem of Evil.
Can an omnipotent being do evil?
Some analyses of omnipotence require that an omnipotent being be able to do evil, or to break promises, but God has traditionally been regarded as unable to do these things. It has also been argued that the existence of an omnipotent being would be inconsistent with human freedom.
Can an omnipotent beings have maximal power?
Among contemporary philosophers, Earl Conee (1991) rejects this principle in order to defend the view that an omnipotent being would have the power to bring about any state of affairs whatsoever. A second sense of ‘omnipotence’ is that of maximal power, meaning just that no being could exceed the overall power of an omnipotent being.
What is the absolute pinnacle of omnipotence?
Omnipotence by definition is the absolute pinnacle. If something were to beat omnipotence, then it was never omnipotent to begin with. Strictly speaking, omnipotents in fiction often have human-like personalities, thus they are not omnipotent.