Dentonz said:
The Bible does not say anything about God being able to do things that are possible to do. The Bible does say that he can do all things, and nothing is impossible to God. Is it possible for anything to be created from nothing? No, it is absolutely impossible to create something from nothing. Nevertheless, the earth and all the universe is here. There was nothing; God spoke, and it became something. And of course God cannot create another god that would be more powerfull, because that god would be a creation. God was not created, he has always been. And putting human limitations on God such as physicall strength is absolutely absurd:banghead3 :banghead3 !! God can't create a one-wheeled bicycle or a square triangle or a round square, because when you change something it becomes something else. He still has absolute and total power over all.
My God is not inside the box of man's very limited understanding.
No matter what dictionary you use, omnipotent means omnipotent.
So what you are say is:
God is omnipotent, therefore He can do anything
This means that God has no limits to his nature at all
So can create another God more powerful than himself and create something so heavy that he cannot lift it.
Are you really having trouble with the concept that God is limited by things that limit His power? If God creates something so heavy that he cannot lift it, then He is no longer all powerful. So in your view, omnipotnet means omnipotent, so God can create anything from nothing, including things that limit his power. I see in the NT and OT that God's power is limited. For example, God has promised that His character will not change, and that He is One, even though He has the power to create a more powerful God.
EDIT: I am not putting
human limitations on God. I previously said that we are limited by our human nature, and from the orthodox Christian point of view, God is limited by his
divine nature. That is, God will not change his character, indeed, he does not have the power to do so. God cannot sin. God cannot create something that limits his power, otherwise he would no longer be all-powerful - that is not a human limitation but a divine one.
EDIT #2: I don't see how you can recoincile these statements:
1) The Bible does say that he can do
all things, and
nothing is impossible to God.
2) God can't create a one-wheeled bicycle or a square triangle or a round square, because when you change something it becomes something else. (If God can't do something, then he does not fit your definition of omnipotence - If God IS omnipotent, he can find a way to make a one-wheeled bicycle and a square with five sides, a triangular circle, or whatever)
3) He still has absolute and total power over all. (but not over bicycles and circles and triangles - what kind of a God are you talking about?)
Um, aren't you saying that God is limited by what is possible for him to do? I think that you are violating rules of your own logic (omnipotence means omnipotence). If God is strictly all-powerful with no logical restraints, then he can do anything, like making a one-wheeled bicycle. I am glad to see that you at least addressed one of my points (a one-wheeled bicycle would fall into the same category as making a triangle with four sides). I would like for you to address other limits of God's power like making something to heavy for him to lift.
If God can't make something too heavy for him to lift, then he does not fit your dictionary definition of omnipotent. If he can create something too heavy for him to lift, then he's not all powerful. Think about it.