omnipotence

The subject of this thread occurred to me after perusing AvalonXQ's thread on omniscience and free will, i.e. the question of whether or not God's omniscience makes free will impossible. My feeling is that it would. However, I didn't bother posting on the thread, because others had pretty well...

To any believers in an all-powerful God, I have a question for you. It may seem stupid at first, but it is a serious question, and I'm interested in seeing serious responses to this question. Here goes... If an all-powerful God exists, could God make a rock so heavy that He couldn't lift it...

Hello everyone. Early this evening I was having a debate/discussion with my friend that began with the Hot-Burrito-Paradox. I don't know if that's what it's properly called, but the general question is: if God is omnipotent, can he create a burrito so hot that he can't eat it? My friend stated...

Is it not obvious to all but the insane that the very fact that you/we have 'free will', to choose between right and wrong, proves that God can not control everything. Ergo, IT is no omnipotent (QED). A possible [and usual] response would be that IT chooses not to control our decisions; but...

From this thread So, how can one maintain consistency, in every single last detail, without the explicit power to do so?

Don't tell me - it has all been argued before, but since this is being argued as a hijack to another post I thought I would give it a home of it's own. This is the traditional Christian definition of omnipotence: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11251c.htm And here is the source for the...

omnipotence in god must be false if life has meaning for an individual. if god is all powerfull, then god must determine all events, therefore we make no decisions and only follow the path which god has directed us to take. please begin proving me wrong now.