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Can you answer these three questions?

calm

Active Member
Can God destroy Himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create another Almighty God? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create a being that is more powerful than himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all? If yes, was he omnipotent at all?
 

bobhikes

Nondetermined
Premium Member
Can God destroy Himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create another Almighty God? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create a being that is more powerful than himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all? If yes, was he omnipotent at all?

Of course God can destroy himself unfortunately that would take everything with God since God is a part of everything so nothing would ever realize that God destroyed God.

Can God create another God, scientists believe there are other dimensions out there and one would guess they all have a God so God either created other Gods or Other Gods have always existed in what we would call a separate dimension.

Can God create another living being greater then himself, No because god is not a him or living as we define it, god is a part of everything in this universe's existence. God is, it is that simple there is God or there is Not God. With God all things can exist without god nothing can exist.
 

dybmh

דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Can God destroy Himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create another Almighty God? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create a being that is more powerful than himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all? If yes, was he omnipotent at all?
A God that can be destroyed is not eternal.

Just Say'n :cool:
 

74x12

Well-Known Member
Can God destroy Himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create another Almighty God? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create a being that is more powerful than himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all? If yes, was he omnipotent at all?
From what I understand. When we say that God is "all-powerful" we don't mean that He can do anything even against Himself. Rather, He has all power that does exist. So whatever power exists is His.

The idea that God can go against Himself is ... obviously nonsensical. God is the constant that can't be changed as the scriptures make clear. It's impossible for God to change in anyway from His current state.
 

PureX

Veteran Member
Can God destroy Himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create another Almighty God? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create a being that is more powerful than himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all? If yes, was he omnipotent at all?
How could any human answer any of the questions you've asked?

And I have to assume you have an answer to that question because you did ask your fellow humans to answer those questions.
 

MonkeyFire

Well-Known Member
LOVE and HATE are certainly a classic example omnipotent force and a unbreakable object. One all mighty, the other invincible... and the best they can do is fight.
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member

Samantha Rinne

Resident Genderfluid Writer/Artist
Can God destroy Himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create another Almighty God? If not, is he omnipotent at all?

Can God create a being that is more powerful than himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all? If yes, was he omnipotent at all?

First off, I was reading an actual theology book that said that omniscience, omnipotence, and omnipresence were not actually part of church doctrine but something added later.

So it is not required for God to be omnipotent to be God.

Secondly let's address the questions. God is immortal. This means that God cannot not be, that God continues to live. Nor would God commit suicide anyway. But God could certainly create a condition where he was in a body that could die. He did this with Jesus.

The second one assumes that not creating another God would somehow be a limitation. However this is not so. While God is not canonically described as omnipotent, God is described as infinite. What is infinity x 2? What is infiniry / 2? They're the same value. Infinity. Yes, God could easily create another God. It would be like fission in microorganisms though. Again, your question leads to Jesus. A man who is God, born from God.

You're asking the "Can God make a rock that he cannot lift?" That this is a Greater God and not a rock, is irrelevant. This is a question often used against religion to 'prove' that it is nonsense and it is often perceived by the asker as brilliant. But ther asker usually doesn't understand the question.

Can God create something beyond himself? The question assumes that if he can, this means there was something stronger/greater, therefore no omnipotence. It also assumes that not doing so, means not omnipotent. But it fails to address what omnipotence actually is, assigning a fixed value to it, whereas if you are truly omnipotent, you are able to change and improve your ability. What humans call potential. Just go to any gym, you will see barbells assembled that some of the factory workers who made them couldn't lift (to say nothing of the machines used to carry them). And people in the gym themselves can't always lift all weights. But they can work themselves up to the point of being able to later. If omnipotence does not involve the ability to improve, it cannot be said to be omnipotence.

From these questions the answer to them is always Jesus. Jesus is God who lowered himself to the point where he can't move boulders, he can't wave his hands and erase problems, yet is also God, and who can die.
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
I don't feel old in all things. ;)

I spent about 3 hours yesterday with a chain saw in hand falling dead trees on the temple property. I'm only 66, many great years left. They'll have to pry that chain saw out of me hands. A kid (around 40) from Kanyakumari was assisting. Smart too, as we took turns. He had it figured out in a matter of minutes, and didn't wreck the thing, as many have before him.
 

1213

Well-Known Member
Can God destroy Himself?

I believe He could. All though, according to the Bible, God is spirit and love, I don’t know how love could be destroyed. I don’t think God would do that.

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:24

He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:8

Can God create another Almighty God?

I believe He could.

Can God create a being that is more powerful than himself? If not, is he omnipotent at all? If yes, was he omnipotent at all?

I believe God can give up His position. And if God renounces His position, He is not anymore all powerful and I think no one needs to claim God is omnipotent after He has renounced that. I think it would be quite stupid to say so. But before God does that, He can be omnipotent. Also, it could be possible that God creates someone more powerful, but if God would want, He could increase His power so that He would become most powerful again.
 
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