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enrious · 04-02-2003, 08:25 PM

Ok, I understand the argument that you can have multiple omnipotent beings co-existing if they agreed that they would not interfere with each other.

I'm still hanging up on the question of what happens if one or both of them were to violate this agreement.

If they directly opposed each other, what would happen?

Could multiple omnipotent beings really co-exist? Wouldn't the mere existance of the other render them omnipotent?

Would there be some sort of rock and hard place cosmic conundrum if one figured he could do anything, including eliminating the other while the other figured he could anything, including rendering himself immune to the other.

I wasted a pleasant Virginia drive on this question. I'd like my sanity back, please.

Darkblade · 04-03-2003, 04:39 AM

The reason this makes no sense is because the notion of classical omnipotence is completely insane.

enrious · 04-03-2003, 08:16 AM

Heh.

Wyz_sub10 · 04-03-2003, 09:42 AM

I think we can probably accommodate this topic in the exisiting thread here:

http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.p...5&pagenumber=3

04-02-2003, 08:25 PM	#1
enrious Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Home Posts: 895	Yet another multiple omnipotent being thread Ok, I understand the argument that you can have multiple omnipotent beings co-existing if they agreed that they would not interfere with each other. I'm still hanging up on the question of what happens if one or both of them were to violate this agreement. If they directly opposed each other, what would happen? Could multiple omnipotent beings really co-exist? Wouldn't the mere existance of the other render them omnipotent? Would there be some sort of rock and hard place cosmic conundrum if one figured he could do anything, including eliminating the other while the other figured he could anything, including rendering himself immune to the other. I wasted a pleasant Virginia drive on this question. I'd like my sanity back, please.

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04-03-2003, 04:39 AM	#2
Darkblade Regular Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: I am both omnipresent AND ubiquitous. Posts: 130	The reason this makes no sense is because the notion of classical omnipotence is completely insane.

04-03-2003, 08:16 AM	#3
enrious Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Home Posts: 895	Heh.

04-03-2003, 09:42 AM	#4
Wyz_sub10 Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the land of two boys and no sleep. Posts: 9,890	I think we can probably accommodate this topic in the exisiting thread here: http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.p...5&pagenumber=3

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