Questions tagged [omnipotence]
The doctrine that God is all powerful
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Is there a way to prove that God’s foreknowledge is incompatible with genuine human freedom? [closed]
Here are two statements that I have always considered self-evident:
God’s total foreknowledge is not compatible with genuine human freedom.
God is with us at all times but does not know in advance ...
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How do Catholics traditionally understand the divine omnipotence?
You have Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century saying that God cannot do what is intrinsically impossible, but I would like to know what Catholics believed about the divine omnipotence before ...
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According to Biblical Unitarians, is it theoretically possible for God to incarnate as a human and live a holy and humble life?
For Biblical Unitarians, and from a theoretical standpoint, can God make use of His omnipotence and free will to take on human form and teach us by way of example what it is to live a holy and humble ...
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From a Catholic perspective what does it mean for all creatures to fulfill God's will whether they know and want to or not?
In the Diary of Saint Faustina, entry (586), Our Lord says---
And know this, too, My daughter: all creatures, whether they know it or not, and whether they want to or not, always fulfill My will.
I ...
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According to Jehovah's Witnesses is Jehovah God omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent?
In talking to Jehovah's Witnesses I found it difficult to discover what they believed on these three attributes:
Omnipotent - God cannot be thwarted by the Devil, sin, sinners, or the world but is all-...
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Is it possible for God to allow or tolerate something that he never originally intended? If yes, does that still make him omnipotent? [closed]
I keep reading these articles that say just because God allows something to exist or happen, doesn’t mean he intended it to happen in the first place. You take the example of divorce for example. ...
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Jesus and Contingency
Let's assume that God is omnipotent in the sense that he can do anything which is logically possible (so that he cannot create square circles because a square circle is a contradiction).
Now it is ...
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Acording to Orthodox Christianity does God know the future?
Acording to Eastern-Orthodoxy, does God know the future in its completeness?
Does he know what I'm going to eat, what I'm going to wear...
I'm reaching the conclusion that Luther's "On the Bondage ...
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What is the Biblical basis that God “cannot” act against his nature?
I understand the traditional theology of omnipotence to be that God can do anything He wills, and that his omnipotence is thereby limited to His nature. In other words, saying that God can do ...
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What is the origin of 'omnipotence' as an attribute of God in the ecumenical councils and other Christian authorities?
It is customary in Christian theological discourse and affiliated philosophy of religion literature to affirm that God is omnipotent. Often this attribute is joined to omniscience and moral perfection ...
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What do the Catholic Church consider constitutes intrinsically impossible things?
We all know that by his omnipotence, God can do anything and everything "possible".
Q1. If so, what things are considered by the Church to be "impossible" for God to do?
Q2. Is it correct to say ...
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What is the Catholic understanding of omnipotence?
Castiel wanted to ask this question from a biblical basis:
Can God kill himself ? I mean, if he can kill himself, he isn't
immortal and if he can't, he have not unlimited power...
The question ...
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What is the basis for an omnipotent God allowing imperfect transmission of his Word? [closed]
tl;dr> Assuming:
God is all powerful
The Bible is inspired
There are copy mistakes that occur
If so, Why?
Some assumptions for my question first.
First, God knows all things, even future events. ...
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Is there a biblical basis for God's omnipotence or have we mistaken 'symbolism'? [closed]
'Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."'
There are many quotes of this kind in the Bible- but how do we know the above (and others like it)...
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How do Arminians reconcile free will with God's omnipotence logically?
I just finished reading Mere Christianity and was blown away by some of the statements Lewis makes. He mentions "even [God] cannot produce [a changed heart] by a mere act of power...It is something ...
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How do those who hold doctrines that God is omnipotent and omniscient answer what 1 Corinthians 1:25 implies?
1 Corinthians 1:25 reads:
1 Corinthians 1 (NIV)
25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
If Paul believed that ...
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How to answer: “If God is omnipotent, can he create an object he cannot move?” [duplicate]
Some people think that God cannot exist because he would be paradoxical, for example "If God is omnipotent, can he create an object he cannot move?" How should this question be answered? Thanks.
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Why are some miracles hard to explain and some are not?
Here is a related question but they are not the same
Do miracles violate the laws of physics?
Looking at most miracles in the bible, they can be explained based on what we already understand (physics,...
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What is the scope of God's will? [closed]
Assuming that Protestant Christians believe that some outcomes and events in life are not necessarily God's will (correct me if this is an invalid assumption), what are some alternate explanations for ...
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What is meant by “God is Omnipotent”?
I'm questioning my own understanding of the term "Omnipotence" in response so a comment on one of my answers.
In the comment, the poster included a definition of Omnipotence taken from the Wikipeda ...
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What is the meaning of God's omni-powers?
It is a common understanding among Christians I know that God has these four attributes:
Omnipresence
Omniscience
Omnipotence
Omnibenevolence
A grammatical interpretation would explain them as ...
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How can the logical impossibility of infinite self reference be reconciled in the case of God?
This assumes that God conforms to the laws of logic as without doing so we can make absolutely no deductions about him, his existence, or any of his actions or attributes.
Within computer science, ...
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What is the biblical evidence for God's omnipotence and omniscience?
Does God tell us in the bible he is omnipotent and omniscient, or are these attributes which (Greek?) philosophers and theologians merely ascribed to him?
