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Matheology § 020 Epistola Pentecostes MDCCCLXXXVIII
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On Wednesday, 30 May 2012 07:25:43 UTC+10, Aatu Koskensilta wrote:
> FredJeffries <fredjeffr...@gmail.com> writes:
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> > Can not an omnipotent god perform the task: Create the stone and still
> > retain your omnipotence?
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> No, obviously an omnipotent God can't both give up omnipotence and
> remain omnipotent.
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> --=20
> Aatu Koskensilta (aatu.koskensi...@uta.fi)
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> "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, dar=FCber muss man schweigen"
> - Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
One would suppose that an omnipotent god would not be constrained by consis=
tency. If so, then such a being would best be described using paraconsisten=
t logics. Simultaneously giving up and retaining omnipotence is not such a =
big deal.