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This is going to be a response to TheoreticalBs and his video can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hZka_-elP4&feature=fvsr&fmt=18
For this argument I am going to be assuming God exists and testing to see if His attributes are logically possible.
In this video I will address the idea that omnipotence and omniscience are logically contradictory. I will also answer the question, "Can God make a rock so bit He can't lift it?" (omnipotence means all-powerful and omniscience means all-knowing)
Here are a couple of my thoughts on the topic:
Christians say God is the most powerful possible being. The most powerful possible being would have to possess a few characteristics which signify an advance in power, while the loss of one of these characteristics would signify a decrease in power.
That being said there are a set of base characteristics which make God the most powerful possible being. God's base characteristics should include being all-knowing (aka omniscient), eternal, sinless, all-powerful (aka omnipotent), and logical. (I may have left out a few).
The only thing God cannot do is fail to be God. (Failing to have one of His base characteristics would signify a failure to be the most powerful possible being effectively making Him fail to be God)
That being said,
An all-knowing being cannot fail to know something.
An eternal being cannot fail to exist.
A sinless being cannot fail to be good.
An all powerful being cannot fail to do what He tries.
A logical being cannot fail to be logical.
Failing to be logical would include trying to do the logically contradictory.
Therefore the most powerful possible being would always succeed in what He tries to do, yet would never try to do the logically impossible.
P.S. There are many Bible passages which point to God not having the ability do do absolutely anything (aka the ability to fail to be God). For example, Titus 1:2 tell us God cannot lie. Other passages say He is eternal (and if He is not lieing) that also means He cannot cease to exist. If you apply "the ability to fail" to the word "omnipotence" it will no longer actually represent God.
Epydemic2020
www.testeverything521.com
This is going to be a response to TheoreticalBs and his video can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hZka_-elP4&feature=fvsr&fmt=18
For this argument I am going to be assuming God exists and testing to see if His attributes are logically possible.
In this video I will address the idea that omnipotence and omniscience are logically contradictory. I will also answer the question, "Can God make a rock so bit He can't lift it?" (omnipotence means all-powerful and omniscience means all-knowing)
Here are a couple of my thoughts on the topic:
Christians say God is the most powerful possible being. The most powerful possible being would have to possess a few characteristics which signify an advance in power, while the loss of one of these characteristics would signify a decrease in power.
That being said there are a set of base characteristics which make God the most powerful possible being. God's base characteristics should include being all-knowing (aka omniscient), eternal, sinless, all-powerful (aka omnipotent), and logical. (I may have left out a few).
The only thing God cannot do is fail to be God. (Failing to have one of His base characteristics would signify a failure to be the most powerful possible being effectively making Him fail to be God)
That being said,
An all-knowing being cannot fail to know something.
An eternal being cannot fail to exist.
A sinless being cannot fail to be good.
An all powerful being cannot fail to do what He tries.
A logical being cannot fail to be logical.
Failing to be logical would include trying to do the logically contradictory.
Therefore the most powerful possible being would always succeed in what He tries to do, yet would never try to do the logically impossible.
P.S. There are many Bible passages which point to God not having the ability do do absolutely anything (aka the ability to fail to be God). For example, Titus 1:2 tell us God cannot lie. Other passages say He is eternal (and if He is not lieing) that also means He cannot cease to exist. If you apply "the ability to fail" to the word "omnipotence" it will no longer actually represent God.
Epydemic2020
www.testeverything521.com
