Philosophy A-Level
Omnipotence
What Omnipotence means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The claim that God is all-powerful, raising the question of what 'all-powerful' means, for example whether it includes the power to do the logically impossible.
Being all-powerful, the divine attribute that the paradox of the stone attacks.
Topics that use Omnipotence
- The concept and nature of 'God' (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Arbitrariness of morality
- God's relationship to time
- Responses grounding goodness in God's nature
- The meaning(s) of the attributes
- The source of moral goodness
- Timelessness (eternity)
- Arguments for incoherence
- Divine command theory
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