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theCardinalbird
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If God has a nature, such as being Good (perfection), infinite, etc. Could he break from his nature and also do the impossible (make a circular square, lie) because he is omnipotent?
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Fauken
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No, because then the square would cease to be a square. He cannot make something be the total opposite of its nature since then it wouldn’t be that thing anymore. If God can make a circular square, then God can be sin.
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friardchips
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The Squircle is in existence.
However, this does not change the square from being a square, and neither the circle from being a circle.
God is perfect so, no, He does not lie.
However, this does not change the square from being a square, and neither the circle from being a circle.
God is perfect so, no, He does not lie.
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Gorgias
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If His nature is ‘perfection’, then a “break from His nature” would imply imperfection. So, no… He would not become imperfect, for any reason.
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AugustTherese
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God is bound by His nature.
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ShowersofRoses
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Yes, all these answers are correct. God can not do anything against His nature…He is Perfect and anything less would be imperfect. He doesn’t do illogical, irrational things like make a square circle.
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kill051
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I think the implication of the original post is that if there is something God cannot do, then it casts doubt on His omnipotence. I don’t happen to agree, but I have seen the argument hundreds of times before. It’s usually thrown at you on the first day of class in a Philosophy 101 course. Not an exercise that is productive of wisdom or critical thinking, I’m afraid.
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ShowersofRoses
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Yes, I think questions like these are often just futile exercises in trying to pull God down to our level and make Him less than He is.
His infinite, omnipotent nature will never be something we can fully grasp or understand. We can’t put Him on an operating table and pull Him to bits to try and understand the parts that make up the whole.
He is too big and too vast, but we can trust Him.
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His infinite, omnipotent nature will never be something we can fully grasp or understand. We can’t put Him on an operating table and pull Him to bits to try and understand the parts that make up the whole.
He is too big and too vast, but we can trust Him.
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Gorgias
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I don’t know that I’d put it quite that way. Stated in the way you’ve done, it seems that there are limits on God. There aren’t. However, He doesn’t act against His nature, because His nature is already perfect.
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AugustTherese
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God is bound by Himself. God cannot lie, it is not in His nature. He is bound by His nature.
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AlbMagno
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I don’t think God can sin or make something more powerful than himself (that, I, believe, are the ONLY two kind of things he cannot do).
However, I disagree with others in that he CAN change logical rules and, for example, make a real square circle. This wouldn’t affect his perfection and it would only exalt his omnipotence. Remember he created time and space in the first place, and remember all the mind-blowing dimensions and concepts we cannot understand that were introduced by theories like the String Theory.
I think God can change physical laws and logic in ways we couldn’t comprehend, but I don’t think he can sin or cease to be omnipotent/perfect.
However, I disagree with others in that he CAN change logical rules and, for example, make a real square circle. This wouldn’t affect his perfection and it would only exalt his omnipotence. Remember he created time and space in the first place, and remember all the mind-blowing dimensions and concepts we cannot understand that were introduced by theories like the String Theory.
I think God can change physical laws and logic in ways we couldn’t comprehend, but I don’t think he can sin or cease to be omnipotent/perfect.
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friardchips
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theCardinalbird
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