If a god is omnipotent, that god should be capable of anything. If a god is omniscient, that god should know everything of the past, present and future. Take the Christian god, who is supposed to be both. Omniscience would say that this god would know exactly what he would do on, say, December 17th at 8pm. But omnipotence would say he should be capable of doing anything at that time. To me, this seems to present a contradiction, indicating that a being could not simultaneously be omnipotent and omniscient.
Does anyone see it differently?
2006-12-11
13:28:20
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