Re: Goldilocks world

From: Jesse Mazer <lasermazer.domain.name.hidden>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 04:48:20 -0500

Russell Standish wrote:

>
>That is the logical argument against omnipotence. IIRC, Aquinas knew
>of these arguments, and so I gather omnipotence and omniscience are
>not actually part of christian theological creed.
>
>Disclaimer: IANAC (I am not a christian) :)

Are you sure about that? I'm pretty sure most christian sects consider God
to be omiscient and omnipotent, although I'm not a christian either. And the
"rock so heavy he can't lift it" isn't too hard to solve if you restrict
omnipotence to that which is logically possible (because it seems the very
definition of omnipotence makes the idea of a rock that can't be lifted by
an omnipotent being self-contradictory).

Jesse
Received on Tue Nov 22 2005 - 05:11:08 PST