Alex;

Somehow I get the feeling DD will answer this. Yikes! More wasted bandwidth and the joys it will bring. :)

Tom


>>>I hit them with
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>>>God is all powerful. <--Omnipotence
>>>Therefore there is nothing he cannot do. ditto
>>>Therefore he cannot ask himself a question he cannot answer. <-- Omniscience
>>>Therefore he is not all powerful. Since He knows the answer already there's no need to ask. <g>
>>>
>>>Hard to "why" your way out of that one.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>
>>>JR
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>>I think you've mixed up two traits of God here. <s>
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>DD:
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>I hate this one to go into a pissing contest with again, but you had to answer John, didn't you?
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>Logically, as John showed you cannot be both omnipotent and omniscient at the same time.
>If you know everything then you know the whole future forever. Everything is according to your plan as you foresaw everything. So you cannot change anything that you didn't foresee. There fore you don't have the power to change. Therefore you are not omnipotent.
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>OTOH if you are omnipotent, you have the power to make changes to the future to correct any mistakes or adjust any variables. But if you made mistakes and did not foresee those changes then you are not omniscient.
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>Or you could think about what happens when an immovable object is met by an irresistible force.
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>Don't bother to answer because:
>a) this is not the right section for this discussion
>b) you and simple logic don't mix together too well. Kinda oil and vinegar, ykwim?