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Theodicy (2026-11-07) (discuss.online)
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[–] 1 point 14 hours ago (5 children)

It is not that a smarter creator is more powerful, but that an all-powerful creator, by virtue of being all-powerful, must be capable of expanding its own intelligence. If it cannot, it is incapable of something, which makes it not all-powerful.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

    It must have no need to expand its own intelligence even though it could, for if it's all-powerful, it must be able to do everything possible, while being dumb.

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  • [–] 0 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

    A lack of intellect is a dis-ability. To be omnipotent, one must have perfect ability.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

    To be omnipotent, one must be capable of giving oneself perfect ability. It doesn't require that one must have perfect ability.

    A being that is all-powerful despite having a disability must truly be more powerful than a being that doesn't have that limitation. In fact, the being that is all-powerful despite having the most limitations must be the most allest-powerfulest of all.

    This is just the semantic word games you get with terms like "all-powerful". I've never cared for arguing about the term, because it's ill-defined 🤷

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  • [–] 0 points 13 hours ago (1 child)

    I do not think a being can be all-powerful and have a disability, because a disability is a lack of ability. Any limitations must be self-imposed and not substantive—they would have to be purely symbolic—or the being would otherwise be limited, and therefore not omnipotent.

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  • [–] [S] -1 points 12 hours ago

    The being with a true disability that is all-powerful must truly be aller-powerfuler than another being that lacks that true disability.

    Yeah, it's a silly argument, but that's because theology as a whole is silly.

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