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Re: don't ask don't tell [message #442255 is a reply to message #442253] Thu, 06 January 2011 15:58 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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CarrierII wrote on Thu, 06 January 2011 16:44

R3, that particular argument does boil down to pitting a hypothetical God's omnipotence against itself, which is not possible.

While I really don't get what this means since no one bothers to explain it... it doesn't really matter. To be honest, the question doesn't really relate to God but rather the concept of omnipotence itself.

You ever hear the phrase "where there is a will there is a way"? This is what I'm trying to say about omnipotence.

If you can't do something one way, then you can change yourself or the environment to be able to do it another way. However, since you had the power to change yourself all along, then logically, you were never able to not do it to begin with! But not being able to do something contradicts the idea of omnipotence.

Something that is impossible to do is not the same as something that can't be done until something else is done first. (Does that make sense?)

Something that is impossible means that there is absolutely nothing that can be done to allow you to reach a goal. There is a permanent obstacle in the way that can not be circumvented under any circumstance.

Let's say you want to play a new video game on your computer. However, your current computer doesn't have the necessary specs to run the game. Does that mean that it is impossible to play that game? No, because all you have to do is upgrade your computer and THEN you can play the game! You had the ability to play that game all along, you just were required to do some other task(s) first.

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