The Paradox of the Stone
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The omnipotence paradox is a family of paradoxes that arise with varying understandings of the concept of omnipotence. The paradox arises, for example, if one assumes that an omnipotent being has no limits and is capable of realizing any outcome, even a logically contradictory one such as creating a square circle. Atheological arguments based on the omnipotence paradox are sometimes described as e
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The omnipotence paradox is a family of paradoxes that arise with varying understandings of the concept of omnipotence. The paradox arises, for example, if one assumes that an omnipotent being has no l
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It constructs a contradiction through self-reference: if omnipotence includes the ability to self-limit, then creating a stone too heavy to lift is not omnipotent; if it cannot, it is also not omnipotent. This exposes the logical inconsistency of the concept of absolute omnipotence under self-reference.
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