Is Omnipotence Possible?
For eons, men, both well known and uncommon, have spoken of omnipotence or an omnipotent being, questioning whether such a being could exist.
For our purposes, an omnipotent being will be defined as: "one who has unlimited power."
In short, this being could do anything.
Is it possible that there could exist a being capable of anything?
I myself have come to the conclusion that omnipotence is logically impossible.
The way I came about this conclusion was by observing what many will refer to as the "omnipotence paradox."
It varies, but its original form conveys as such:
Could an omnipotent being create a rock so big it couldn't lift it?
There are only two answers to this question, Yes or No.
If we answer the proposition with "Yes", i.e an omnipotent being could create a rock so big he couldn't lift it, it would prove that he was not omnipotent, since he cannot perform a certain action (lift the rock). Since he cannot lift the rock he has created, I think any observer would come to the conclusion that this being was not all powerful.
If we were to answer the proposition in the negative, i.e an omnipotent being couldn't create a rock so big he couldn't lift it, it would again prove he is not omnipotent. How? He cannot perform a certain action (creating a specific rock he couldn't lift), again contradicting the very nature of omnipotence he claims to have. Since he cannot create the rock that he desires, a rock so big that he could not lift it, again any observer would conclude that he is not all powerful.
Either answer you choose leads you to the same conclusion, that the being could not be omnipotent. I think at that point it is fair to conclude that such a being could not exist. Omnipotence is impossible.
I thought that this paradox was very interesting and revealing when I had come across it. What do you all think?
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