Sunday, May 07, 2006

Omnipotence Paradox



This paradox really interests me because it tries to apply logic to the notion of an omnipotent being..colloquially called God in religion.

Can/Does such a being really exist. Lets see what logic says.

The paradox is based around the question of whether or not an omnipotent being is able to perform actions that would limit its own omnipotence, thus becoming non-omnipotent. The question is often framed as follows:

"Could an omnipotent being create a rock so heavy that even that being could not lift it?"

It is possible to analyze this question in the following manner:

The being can either create a stone which it cannot lift, or it cannot create a stone which it cannot lift.
1. If the being can create a stone which it cannot lift, then it is not omnipotent.
2. If the being cannot create a stone which it cannot lift, then it is not omnipotent.

Either of the scenario seems to prove the impossibility of the existence of such an entity.

But who said everything follows logic !

( Some Text Quoted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnipotence_paradox)
( Image Courtesy : The Paradox of Altruism www.gla.ac.uk/)

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