LG—Your objection is only valid if you assume I am starting with the idea of omnipotence and trying to use the evidence to disprove it. In fact, I am starting with the evidence and showing that the idea of omnipotence can’t be arrived at without contradiction.
1) Objects behave in certain, predictable ways
2) Therefore the suggestion that someone could make an object behave arbitrarily contradicts the evidence
3) Therefore the idea of “omnipotence” contradicts the evidence
4) Therefore the idea of God contradicts the evidence
It’s a different style of reasoning: starting with reality vs. starting with imagination and then using reality only as a test.
LG—Your objection is only valid if you assume I am starting with the idea of omnipotence and trying to use the evidence to disprove it. In fact, I am starting with the evidence and showing that the idea of omnipotence can’t be arrived at without contradiction.
1) Objects behave in certain, predictable ways 2) Therefore the suggestion that someone could make an object behave arbitrarily contradicts the evidence 3) Therefore the idea of “omnipotence” contradicts the evidence 4) Therefore the idea of God contradicts the evidence
It’s a different style of reasoning: starting with reality vs. starting with imagination and then using reality only as a test.