Arguments for the existence of God have taken many different forms over the centuries: in The Non-Existence of God, Everitt considers all the arguments and examines the role that reason and knowledge play in the debate over God's existence. Found inside – Page 20There seems to be considerable confusion and unclarity regarding what is meant when we say God is “ omnipotent . ” In common parlance , the meaning is ... Found inside – Page 262definition, the statement that a perfect reality, and hence God, ... Most authors agree that omnipotence should not be defined as the power simply to do ... Found inside – Page 68Divine omnipotence can be defined thus: God can do everything that it is logically ... Even given this less troublesome definition, the idea of omnipotence ... Found inside – Page 25In his discussion of omnipotence, the latter explores four preliminary candidates before settling on a final definition that makes provision for his notion ... Found inside – Page 19070 In discussing omnipotence, philosophers have not usually defined it in terms of ... Almightiness fits nicely with Farmer's definition of providence cited ... Found inside – Page 89Usually discussion focuses on the definition of omnipotence since the vagueness of omnipotence makes it the more likely culprit. Why would we think that PG ... Found inside – Page 65Thanks to it, Swinburne introduces the parameter of time to the considerations of omnipotence, defining an omnipotent being in the following way49: [def. Found insideIf omnipotence is defined as the ability to do absolutely everything (including the logically impossible), then there could be no omnipotent being at all. Found inside – Page 50when he defines "omnipotence" to mean that "God can do anything that is an absolute ... Kenny goes just a bit further in his definition: Divine omnipotence, ... Found inside – Page 129Hence on definition (7) God cannot be omnipotent. Perhaps we can evade these sorts of difficulties by abandoning the attempt to define omnipotence and ... Found inside – Page xxxiiThe akan God is omnipotent in the sense that he is thought capable of accomplishing any conceptually well-defined project. Thus, for example, he will not be ... Found inside – Page 224Schleiermacher says that God's omnipotence consists in the fact that he is the cause of all that is . To this definition there are two objections . The first is , that it measures omnipotence by the number of creative acts which the will of God has put ... Found inside – Page 126When we apply this analysis to the paradox of whether God as omnipotent can ... for if we use this definition of “omnipotence,” any being that can do only ... Found inside – Page 209Belief in an “almighty” or omnipotent God is thus an essential element of traditional ... We may explore the definition of omnipotence by considering some ... Found inside – Page 7The traditional objection, already mentioned, to divine change was that if a being were already perfect, meaning that nothing better was possible, ... Found inside – Page 295Is it indeed preferable to define divine omnipotence a posteriori in terms of what ... between two different types of definition: ostentive and intensional. Found inside – Page 107In August 2006, scientists with no real definition ofwhat constituted a planet, finally agreed and voted in a definition. Unfortunately, this definition ... Found inside“We can stop the regress immediately,” a theist might exclaim, “if we would just remember that Godis,by definition, omnipotent. God's omnipotence precludes ... Found inside – Page 185... Schmod non-omnipotent, it might also be good reason to consider God so. ... talk of an omnipotent being's strength suffices on its own for a definition. Found inside – Page 114... that God cannot do will simply be defined as an impossible thing given the definition that God is omnipotent.4 But this simply begs the question. Found inside – Page 243Philosophical discussion has brought out that this approach to defining omnipotence is fruitless. More successful is that of philosophers such as ... Found inside – Page 147... Many theists take omnipotence to be one of God's defining properties. ... Taliaferro says of one definition that it faces a “forceful difficulty,” ... Found inside – Page 223A being that is omnipotent in the Cartesian sense is able to do intrinsically impossible things; ... qualified the Cartesian definition of omnipotence? Found insideResult theories have generally defined omnipotence by generalizing over the states ... For now, while tracing the path that leads to the kind of definition ... Found inside – Page 262The first limitation was to define omnipotence in terms of what is logically possible . The standard meaning came to be , “ God can do whatever is doable . Found inside – Page cccxxviiiEnough has been said to permit an answer to two questions: How should “omnipotence” be defined? Is the concept of omnipotence logically coherent? Found inside – Page 151INDEX OMNIPOTENCE OF JEHOVAH . . . . • . . 24 . . . . Page Animalculæ 25 Animate ... Ga o . Page 3 . Omnipotence , definition of Prayer Revelation Soul. Found inside – Page 104They are talking not about the definition (rationem) of omnipotence, but about its [formal] cause—just as the rational soul is the [formal] cause of the ... Found inside – Page 78The literature resulting from various attempts to define omnipotence and the ... Richard LaCroix has argued that a general definition of omnipotence is not ... Found inside – Page 248Again , it seems [ Definition 2 ] that he is called omnipotent because he can do everything he wants : For Augustine 9 says For there is no other reason to ... Found inside – Page 82Or we might say this: an omnipotent being is also omniscient if it knows everything it is able to know. Or if, as I prefer, we frame our definition of ... Found insideDefinition. God, the doctrinal definitions of the Christian Church often affirm, is 'omnipotent' (omnipotens translating παντοκράτωρ), which is naturally ... Found inside – Page 58With their rewording , my controversial definition becomes tautologous for ... The Basingers ' statement of C omnipotence in fact makes compatibilism the ... Found inside – Page 22Likewise, omnipotence is defined as the lack of causal competition, and bodies are ... so that, again by definition, an omnipotent God cannot be embodied. Found inside – Page 169( 2 ) If He can , then if He did , He would not be omnipotent . ... One thinks immediately of consulting an appropriate definition of omnipotence . Found inside – Page 1373.3.3 The definition of omnipotence In order to clarify the paradox of omnipotence it is necessary to have a clear understanding of what omnipotence is . Found inside – Page 77The typical approach is to define omnipotence in terms of power or ability to do things, but some have recently argued that it is best to take another ... Found inside – Page 26442 Hence the conclusion of the Necessary Connection Argument follows without appeal to the existence of an omnipotent God . The problem with Nadler ' s argument is that his definition of non - omnipotence appears to be logically flawed . Found inside – Page 146But this definition, without some qualifications, is likely to issue in ... Giving the meaning of “omnipotence,” St.Thomas wrote: “Whatever involves a ... Found inside – Page 305assumed conceptions both of omnipotence and of infinite goodness which I can imagine Wilton would be disposed to disallow . Wilton . - There you are right , for though I am willing to allow that no definition which can be given either of the ... Found inside – Page 84Let's begin again in our attempt to construct a definition of omnipotence. If we start with an example of divine power, we might be inclined to frame the ... Found inside – Page 14of conditions on omnipotence and that it can be defended against objections. ... Accordingly, I assume that what is required to define omnipotence in a way ... Found inside – Page 7CHAPTER II DEFINITION OF DIVINE OMNIPOTENCE It is necessary , as was indicated in the last chapter , to define the concept of omnipotence before we begin the discussion of the problems . There are three general conceptions of ... Found inside... example can be found in the debate over the coherence of omnipotence. ... introducing a revised definition of omnipotence that they believe renders the ... Found inside – Page 310a larger scope of power than God, and God is by definition not omnipotent. ... Could it not also be argued that God's omnipotence conflicts with some of His ... The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology attempts both to familiarize readers with the directions in which this scholarship has gone and to pursue the discussion into hitherto under-examined areas. Found inside – Page 205358) then comes up with the following definition of omnipotence: “An omnipotent being b would at one time or other (or in one interval or another) be ... Found inside – Page 182Notice that this definition of omnipotence immediately deals with a wide ... Nor does God's omnipotence, defined as maximal power, require that he must ... Found inside – Page 266So Definition 3 needs to give way to Definition 4 X is omnipotent = at every ... however , some doubts which one can raise about Definition 4 omnipotence ... 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