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From: Darren New
Date: 3 Nov 2009 16:21:59
Message: <4af09ef7$1@news.povray.org>
Tim Cook wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> You're confusing omniscience with omnipotence.
> 
> Er.  Ah, that too.
> 
> But does omnipotence mean you must exert all forces yourself, or only 
> that you are able to do so?  Can an omnipotent being create a mechanism 
> to do a subset of their work for them, or are they obligated to always 
> do all work at all times?

I don't think it matters, if you assert that an omnipotent being can have/do 
anything he wants. If he doesn't want evil, he just makes it such that there 
is no evil.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".


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