Bartricks

Why not? There is no logical contradiction unless you are assuming God is incapable of ceasing to be omnipotent And why on earth would you assume that...

Oi Banno, yes, he can do all of those things. Can you grasp the difference between being able to do something and doing it? God can. The average 7 yea...

Slightly more than that - I claim that it is entirely possible that God created nothing. Being omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent does not, so ...

And you're bad at that too. Which is a shame - I like a good insult almost as much as I like a good criticism. I never give up, so once more: suicide ...

No, you started it with this: Until that point I was simply arguing a point, albeit robustly. But those who are no good at philosophy are, in my exper...

Yes. It hasn't though. We're going around in circles and it is entirely your fault. Don't hand it out if you can't take it. Note too that I have all a...

Note, you are not answering any of my questions, yet I have the good grace to answer yours, even though yours are as rubbish as they are insincere. An...

No, it is an accurate description of what people you've never read or thought about are using the term to mean. And this is the end of this exchange. ...

Because I know the law of non-contradiction is true. And if the law of non-contradiction is true, then there is no person who is alive and not alive a...

Oh, so you don't use 'God' to denote a potato? Okay - what do you use it to mean? Do you use it to mean what philosophers of religion use it to denote...

No, for you think God is a potato. Now answer mine. What's a robust modest incompatibilist and now does one of those differ from a modest incompatibil...

The truth of the law of non-contradiction is evident to reason. That is to say, our reason represents it to be true. To 'know' something is to have a ...

Well, it wouldn't really be violated. It would simply no longer obtain.

You could insist, if you want, that by 'God' you mean 'a potato' and that's fine - then your concept of God would be the concept of a potato. But then...

No. He has the power to be dead and alive at the same time. But he is not exercising it. He's alive and not dead. Jeez, I said 'up your game'. Up!

Ah, "how can it be known?" - the cry of the fool. It's what's called a 'conceptual truth'. The concept of God 'just is' the concept of a person who ha...

I did. We know the law of non-contradiction is true. And if that law is true, then God is either dead or alive, not both. Now, answer my questions. An...

God is a person. What do you think God is, then? A potato?

Because we know that the law of non-contradiction is true. Have you heard of that law? Who first articulated it? No? Don't know? It states that if a p...

Do you have anything philosophical to contribute? This thread is about God and free will. Now, tell me, what's the difference between a modest incompa...

No, it denotes a person who has the properties of omnipotence, omniscience and omnibenevolence. Have you had anything published in the philosophy of r...

Yes. He 'can' be. He hasn't killed himself, though. He can. He hasn't. Yes, he 'can' be simultaneously God and not God. But he isn't. He's just God. H...

Question begging. So, you think 'can' does mean 'is'? You 'can' think a little more before posting. But are you? No. See?

Yes, he 'can' do that. 'Can' doesn't mean 'is'. See? So, it's not an 'actual' contradiction. There are none of those. Also, what is your objection? Wh...

Reason. Just consult your reason. God denotes a person who is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent. It doesn't mean 'the sum total of what exists...

The problem most of you have is that you think good thinking is thinking that echoes your own. But anyway, take me to school and show me the error in ...

It doesn't mean 'very great' - it means 'all powerful' (omni means all). There's what it means and then there's what problems it might generate. It me...

Yes I do.

The sum total of what exists is not equivalent to God. The sum total of what exists is just that: the totality of what exists. God is among the existe...

Yes I do. It's a requirement of my job (as opposed to your job, the only qualification for which is, I imagine, that one have hands). Now, are you goi...

I do have a PhD in philosophy. You don't. If you did, you'd know I had one. Now, how about 'doing' some philosophy? Answer my question. Or do you not ...

Omnipotence means all powerful. There's no dispute about that. The dispute is over what, more precisely, that involves. Does it involve being able to ...

PhD. Now answer my question. Why do you think God can't make a stone too heavy for him to lift? Have you thought about it at all? What thought process...

Ad hominem. It's all you do. Just 'Bartricks is mean, therefore his arguments fail' with a big dollop of odious condescension for good measure. Total ...

You think that reply was not pompous? Self awareness: zero. Anyway, enjoy mooing with the other unqualified farmyard animals.

That is how the wise seem to the ignorant. The average peon does not know how to distinguish between a diamond and paste. If I am confused, locate the...

Yes, an omnipotent being can divest itself of power - so, it can, if it so wishes, cease to be omnipotent. Why do you think an omnipotent being can't ...

Yes, that is one possibility for God. God can make it the case that he is unable to do something he is able to do. That's a contradiction. And contrad...

No and yes. No, if he has decided to stop being omnipotent (and creating that rock was his method). Yes, if he has decided to create it and to continu...

You have argued that as God is uncreated and better than the universe, the universe does not need a creator. I do not see how you're getting to that c...

Yes, the question asked admits of a straightforward answer: yes, God has free will. God is morally perfect. If he lacked free will, then he would not ...

I know! As I said in the OP, Benatar seeks to justify his asymmetry as the best explanation of our intuitions about the happy life and miserable life ...

He is - his justification for the asymmetry he is positing is that it is the best explanation of our asymmetrical intuitions about the happy life and ...

I am saying that Benatar's asymmetry is no explanation of the asymmetry between the happy life and miserable life cases, for Benatar's asymmetry has n...

I am not disputing what it is. I am arguing that it lacks justification. That's not a quote from me!! Where did I say that? If you put quote marks aro...

I have explained why prior non-existence has nothing to do with it. One of the flaws in Benatar's argument is precisely that it makes it all hinge on ...

I explicitly said that it would be good!! To receive a non-deserved benefit is 'good'. Not bad. Good. To receive an undeserved benefit is 'bad'. To re...

You just ignored the other things being equal clause. Do I have as much reason to benefit you as harm you? The answer is 'no', right? So, you don't po...

So, just to be clear - you think you have as much right to have others benefit you as you do to have them not harm you? Because, you know, that's absu...

On what basis are you disputing it? Do you have the same right to have me visit a benefit on you as you do not to have me visit a harm upon you? Note ...