Re: Omnipotence Doesn\'t Imply Seeing The Future.
I have not read the rest of the thread.
The traditional problem in the phil of religion is that a contradiction is supposed to arise if god is thought to possess the following attributes:
1. Omnipotence
2. Omniscience
3. Omnibenevolence
If god is omnipotent, then he has the power/ability to prevent evil. If god is omniscient, then he knows how to prevent evil. If god is omnibenevolent, then he is all-loving and all-good, and therefore would not allow any evil.
The contradiction comes with the observation that there is, in fact, evil in the world (both man-made and natural).
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