Omnipotence

The Logical Contradictions of Omnipotence P.T. Geach begins his article “Omnipotence” by clearly defining the difference between ‘almighty’ and ‘omnipotent’ from the examination of the Latin and Greek cores of the words. Geach makes a notable distinction between them when he defines ‘almighty’ as ‘God’s having power over all things’ and ‘omnipotence’ as ‘the ability to do everything’ (Geach p. 7). Throughout the article he then logically explains the differences and why it matters to the Christian

contradiction. His omnipotence is not something independent of God’s nature. It is part of his nature. God has a nature and his attributes operate within that nature, as does anything and everything else. God cannot do something that is a violation of his own existence and nature. Therefore, he cannot make a rock so big he can't pick up, or make something bigger than himself. But, not being able to do this does not mean he is not God, nor that he is not omnipotent. Omnipotence is not the ability

the universe. This ability is the reason why people believe He is cognizant of whether they have sinned or shown virtue. In order to be all knowing, God must also be all-powerful, or omnipotent. Omnipotence allows God to create the universe and control everything within it. Without omniscience and omnipotence, God would be demoted to just a higher order being instead of the perfect being, which would defy the basis for monotheistic beliefs. Likely the most challenging trait for people to understand

nauseum, it is within the scope of this research paper to focus but on one of them. Of these many divine attributes of God, nothing strikes me as more intriguing than that of God’s omnipotence. It is intriguing to me because the exploration of

The attribute of the omnipotence of God can’t be limited to pure physical power but is also entangled into his other attributes as well. In this paper, I will briefly touch on God being morally perfect, and His omniscience. The second half of this paper I will focus on the paradox of the Stone while demonstrating that God's knowledge also becomes part of his power as well. First, the definition of omnipotence needs to be addressed due to different interpretations based on an individual’s worldview

Grudem, “God’s omnipotence means that God is able to do all his holy will” (216). Omnipotence is defined as all-powerful. Examples of God’s omnipotence or almighty power is seen in Ps.24:8, Gen.18:14, and Jer. 32:17. God is capable of things beyond our imagination as seen in Eph 3:20 and nothing is impossible (Luke 1:37 and Matt. 19:26). God has the will to do whatever he pleases that even humankind has not seen before (Ps. 115:3). However, people often question God’s omnipotence when they hear

centuries, philosophers, theists, and theologians alike have claimed that God is all-powerful. This is the divine attribute of God typically referred to as omnipotence. This attribute needs to be fleshed out, but, essentially, what this is saying is that God can do anything; however, is this true? There is an infamous paradox about God’s omnipotence that runs like this: If God is all-powerful, can he create a rock too heavy for him to lift? In either case, God cannot do something. Either God cannot create

Priya Patel Phil 104 Fall 2017 October 2, 2017 Paper 1: On Mackie’s Argument In J. L. Mackie’s “Evil and Omnipotence,” the author presents an argument detailing why belief in a both omnipotent and wholly good God is contradictory to a God who allows evil to exist. He utilizes this philosophy to show that God doesn’t exist due to the problem of evil. As Mackie’s delineates in his first paragraph, “I think, however, that a more telling criticism can be made by way of the traditional problem of evil

Omnipotence is defined as all powerful, when sober talks about “God” he usually brings up the fact that if there is a god most people argue that he would have to be an all-PKG god or an all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good. Sober stated that “ Sometimes it is said that the first premise(If God were to exist, then that being would be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good or all-PKG for short) is a definition of what we mean by the concept of god” (Sober pg.120). Our typical concept of god

J.L. Mackie Evil and the Problem of Omnipotence Mackie starts of his work by saying that thus far the arguments made for god’s existence has been faulty at best. but that is no reason to not believe in god. He then goes on to say philosophy is a double edged sword. Philosophy can both argue for god’s existence but can also criticize god’s existence. Mackie then goes on to say that he believes that there is a contradiction he states “God is omnipotent and God is wholly good; and Yet Some evil exists