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Old 02-26-2003, 12:34 PM   #11
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Yes, there is still the opposite of every state of affairs, can god perform they to?
Could god have created 2 universes?
Could god really create a world without "evil"?
I think omnipotence is impossible to imagine, prove or even exist.
Let us just put it simply this way, we cannot imagine omnipotence because we have limited knowledge. My understanding that if history is controlled of God(imagine God controls human mind itself), that will be enough to make us to conclude the omnipotence.

I guess, you might be including in your thought about the omnipotence by making circle a square. Or seeing the invisible. I guess that wont work.
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Not exactly, 7thangel. God's control of history merely demonstrates his control of history. It is not evidence for abilities to do other things.
I said it will be "enough," I could be wrong. But to me God's control of history is persuasive enough for me to believe.

It will be impossible for me to fully know it because I have limited knowledge.
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Old 02-27-2003, 02:00 AM   #13
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Let us just put it simply this way, we cannot imagine omnipotence because we have limited knowledge.
But that's excacly my point. We shouldn't use words we can't even understand to describe things. I would think that's a basic rule when it comes to language.
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I guess, you might be including in your thought about the omnipotence by making circle a square. Or seeing the invisible.
No, if god failed to make a square circle the fault doesn't lie in his ability but in our definition of his creation. "Square Circle" is a contradiction, and we shouldn't use that word to describe anything. Because, in the end it is up to us to name the geometric form he created.
But, as I stated before about omnipotence. There isn't even close to being sufficient evidence to support omnipotence.
And we couldn't possibly amass enough evidence to support it either, so why use that word?
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