God being Omnipotent is impossible.

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God being Omnipotent is impossible.

Postby GreatestIam » Tue Jul 20, 2010 12:59 pm

God being Omnipotent is impossible.

Main Entry: 1om·nip·o·tent 
Pronunciation: \-tənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin omnipotent-, omnipotens, from omni- + potent-, potens potent
Date: 14th century
1 often capitalized : almighty 1
2 : having virtually unlimited authority or influence <an omnipotent ruler>

Think about the unlimited influence that God is said to have.

I submit that it is limited.

He could not influence Satan to not turn evil.
He could not influence the third of angels that followed Satan to remain faithful to Him.
He could not influence Adam and Eve away from eating of the tree of knowledge.
He could not influence those in the days of Sodom to reject their ways.
He could not influenced those of Noah’s day to believe in Him.
He has not influenced all or even half of mankind to believe that He is God.
He could not influence so many so often that to say that He is omnipotent becomes an attribute that God does not have and has never manifested.

Revelation 19:6
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Is it possible that God will only be omnipotent after His return?

Is it correct then to say that God has shown that He is NOT omnipotent from the very beginning of His interaction with sentient creatures?

If Not omnipotent then does that mean that God cannot do miracles, because, if He could, it would be a simple miracle indeed to change the attitude of those above who have been immune to His influence?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox

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Re: God being Omnipotent is impossible.

Postby GreatestIam » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:13 am

july8185 wrote:Just because someone doesn‘t love you the way you want them to, doesn‘t mean they don‘t love you with all they have. Abercrombie & Fitch


Love is something shared and reciprocity is fair play.
One way love is not love at all.

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Re: God being Omnipotent is impossible.

Postby GreatestIam » Sat Aug 07, 2010 11:16 am

williams8899 wrote:Many students think that anything that is omnipotent could make 2+2 = 5 or create a round-square, or square-circle or the like. Now these sorts of claims are often dismissed as naive or not well thought out since they amount to the claim that an omnipotent being could do the impossible.

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Sure but the definition of omnipotence says that if He cannot then we are misusing the word.
It is an impossible word and should be scraped as meaningless and unworkable.

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Re: God being Omnipotent is impossible.

Postby scaritual » Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:34 am

GreatestIam wrote:God being Omnipotent is impossible.

Main Entry: 1om·nip·o·tent 
Pronunciation: \-tənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin omnipotent-, omnipotens, from omni- + potent-, potens potent
Date: 14th century
1 often capitalized : almighty 1
2 : having virtually unlimited authority or influence <an omnipotent ruler>

Think about the unlimited influence that God is said to have.

I submit that it is limited.

He could not influence Satan to not turn evil.
He could not influence the third of angels that followed Satan to remain faithful to Him.
He could not influence Adam and Eve away from eating of the tree of knowledge.
He could not influence those in the days of Sodom to reject their ways.
He could not influenced those of Noah’s day to believe in Him.
He has not influenced all or even half of mankind to believe that He is God.
He could not influence so many so often that to say that He is omnipotent becomes an attribute that God does not have and has never manifested.

Revelation 19:6
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Is it possible that God will only be omnipotent after His return?

Is it correct then to say that God has shown that He is NOT omnipotent from the very beginning of His interaction with sentient creatures?

If Not omnipotent then does that mean that God cannot do miracles, because, if He could, it would be a simple miracle indeed to change the attitude of those above who have been immune to His influence?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox

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Re: God being Omnipotent is impossible.

Postby GreatestIam » Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:14 am

Because people should not believe that fantasy is real.

It is our duty to correct wrong thinking.

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Re: God being Omnipotent is impossible.

Postby GreatestIam » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:18 am

humberto913 wrote:“God’s power, considered in itself extends to all such objects as do not imply a contradcition… And as regards things that imply a contradiction, they are impossible to God as being impossible in themselves. Consequently, God’s power extends to things that are possible in themselves:




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Really!

that would include you.

You know this how?
Hear say or something like that power within you?

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