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A logical analysis of the existence of God.
(excerpt from a post at Church Of Virus BBS)
posted on 22nd February, 2005
Here are some or perhaps all of the attributes that define god:
SINGULARITY (there can only be one)
OMNISCIENCE (all-knowing; having unlimited knowledge)
OMNIPOTENCE (all-powerful; having unlimited power)
OMNIPRESENCE (present everywhere)
OMNI-BENEVOLENT (all-good)
OMNI-SENTIENCE (all-true)
These generally accepted attributes of God are logically flawed. Following are some points as to why:
1. It is impossible for both OMNISCIENCE and OMNIPOTENCE to exist in the same being, since a being that knew the future would be powerless to change it, (it knows the future, but if it can change it, it still knows what the future's going to be like after it has been changed; so there's no point in changing the future because it already knows - which leads to this inability to alter the future) and a being that could change the future could not know it in advance. (it can change the future and it also knows what's there in the future; well how can he know what's there in the future if he's ultimately going to change it?)
2. An OMNIPRESENT being could not perceive, for one perceives from a perspective that is not identical with the object of perception, and such a viewpoint would be lacking for an OMNIPRESENT being!
3. It is even impossible for a perfect being to think; for perfection doesn't require thinking. Thinking is only necessary if one lacks perfection and has questions unanswered; as for this being, it is OMNISCIENCE!
4. OMNIPOTENT means all powerful, with no restrictions. You could do what ever you wish to do if you were OMNIPOTENT. That means that if there was such a being it could create something that is undestroyable. But if it was undestroyable he could not destroy it. Therefore he would not be OMNIPOTENT. Now, on the other hand if he couldn't create something that he couldn't destroy he still wouldn't be OMNIPOTENT!
5. There might be something beyond "all-powerful" and if god cannot do that, once again, he's not all powerful. but, contrary-wise, if he can, then what he considers to be "all-powerful" isn't really OMNIPOTENCE afterall!
Now you yourself can answer god's existence!
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