On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Steve Simmons wrote: >On omnipotence/omniscience/omnietc: > >Matthew Hunter wrote: > >> Sure. Consider an omnipotent Satan. > >Logical contradiction. The Judeo-Christian conception of Satan is >an adversary to God. One of the other can be omnipotent, but not >both. Quibble: "Christian", perhaps (and I think only certain denominations of Christian emphasize Satan), but not Judeo-. As I understood it growing up, Satan is not the (rebellious) adversary of God, but is rather the adversary of *Man*, created by God for that purpose. In scenario where God is the Judge of Humanity (& individual humans) (which occurs yearly between Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur), Satan is the Prosecuting Attorney. >If you tack on omniscient and omnipresent, I would argue that any time >you *think* you've seen two creatures with those three features, you're >actually seeing two aspects of the same creature. Think it thru... > Some theologians don't seem to accept "omnipresence" - that is, God is not considered physically part of the creation. Although I may have misunderstood that part of things. A different paradox: Is God powerful enough to destroy himself?