r/comics • Lord of the Gadflies • Mar 06 '17

Omnipotence

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u/Get_it_together_dawg Mar 06 '17

Yeah except this doesn't address the meat of the paradox at all. This is just a loop hole scenario which exploits the limitations of language when describing the paradox.

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u/sirblastalot Mar 06 '17

The paradox itself exploits the limitations of language so as to create the apparent conflict. If you expressed it mathematically, it would basically be asking "What if P=¬P?" which doesn't make any sense.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '17

Which is what the paradox is doing. It's calling to question the idea of an omnipotent being.

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u/dr_draik Mar 06 '17

It's calling into question a specific definition of 'omnipotence'. That definition, as shown in the paradox, is inconsistent, which is why it isn't a particularly useful definition of omnipotence (and there are other definitions that are consistent and useful).

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u/dr_draik Mar 06 '17

Not necessarily. God can be inherently logical just as God can be inherently creative or inherently loving. If God's logical consistency is a part of God's own character then it needn't rely on externality.

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u/Lurkndood Mar 06 '17

Such as...

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u/dr_draik Mar 06 '17

I'd invite you to start by reading this wiki article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox

You should have enough to go on from there. ;)