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One solution of the omnipotence paradox is to make God omnipotent but still bound within the laws of logic. So while God could happily create matter out of absolutely nothing, violating conservation of energy, suddenly reverse the orbit of the planet Earth, violating conservation of momentum, or perhaps even make a Pot Noodle taste nice God would still be bound within the laws of logic. This is, of course, playing with the definition of omnipotence and it's generally up to the religion in question to determine the extent of the deity's omnipotence. This response if often said as something similar to, "God is able to do all that is able to be done." This approach could be interpreted as skewering itself on the horns of a metaphysical version of the Euthyphro dilemma - why is God the ultimate authority if there exist things even more fundamental?

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And I'd add that the Trinity in Christianity isn't particularly logical.
If omnipotence includes being able to defy logic how does doing what you want despite knowing exactly what you will do in advance pose a problem?


The problem is, if God knows he is going to X in the future, then we can rule out him ever being able to do Y. If God can't do Y, then God is not omnipotent.

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The problem is of a logical nature, you just proposed that God, as ultimate authority, shouldn't be stopped by such trifles as logic.


No, I'm pointing out that the Christian dogma of the trinity completely throws logic out the window.

And it's true that the entire point of God is to have an ultimate reference point, beyond anything else, including logic. Some have even gone as far to say that the fact that 2 + 2 = 4 instead of 5 is based solely on an arbitrary decision of God.


Perhaps its a misunderstanding conceived by the word "trinity"