IIIIITHE1IIIII said:
Jumpin said:
Rath said:
Even if there was evidence that a god existed that would not mean it was the Abrahamic god. As the free will against omniscience contradiction shows that the Abrahamic god as literally described makes no sense that would imply that any creator god was not the Abrahamic god.
As for your point "He would not be almighty if He couldn't make a being with free will would He." What you're describing is the god paradox - is it possible for a god to limit itself? If god can limit his ability to see the future then he loses his omnipotence when he does so, if god cannot limit his ability to see the future then he is in not omnipotent in the first place. As such omnipotence is not logically consistent.
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I went over something like this further up the post, but omnipotence or omniscience does not mean a being has been granted the ability to see the future. The ability to see the future is incoherent with the rules of logic.
In order to see the future, it would one of two things.
1. A fourth dimension that can be traveled along.
2. The ability to predict with absolute certainty all events of the Universe.
Point 1 is incoherent with what we know scientifically. Time is not a fourth dimension; it cannot be travelled back and forth along like in science fiction films such as back to the Future.
Point 2 is not possible due to the existence of random and abstract factors. There would be absolutely no way to view the future with absolute certainty. The best one could do is calculate probability.
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1. God is outside of our dimensions though. It is true that humans cannot possibly predict the future, but an omniscient being is outside of all dimensions.
2. If God has managed to create a randomness that he cannot predict, then He should also be able to create another God that is mightier than himself. We are back at the god paradox that Rath brought up.
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1. That does not imply that God has the ability to time travel.
2. Randomness is logical. Having something mighter than what is almighty is logically absurd; it's like saying that God's powers are limited because he cannot draw a square without having 4 corners - it's a fallacious argument. There is no connection between the two.
