| rdfs:comment | - The power to have unlimited power.
- The user is able to do anything that it chooses to do.
- Omnipotence is a disease, and quite possibly the worst imaginable fate a man could ever suffer.
- Omnipotence is the power to do and achieve absolutely anything, regardless of what is impossible. It's only user is above all and everything (including logic, paradoxes and causality) as Omnipotence cant be comprehended by mortals or any other beings which means they can achieve anything.
- Sometimes called "Unlimited Power," Omnipotents are characters that can literally do anything as they are considered the be-all and end-all of characters and most of the time, God. They are the absolute strongest beings in their respective fictional franchises. In fiction characters can only be presumed omnipotent, as much like in theology it is impossible to prove. In the best case there can be an impressive definition. For more indepth information, please read:
- Christians, Jews and Moslems see God as Omnipotent. For a child, or a believer with simple, childlike faith, this is easy; “God can do everything.” But, for philosophers, Omnipotence is a much more difficult concept. If God can do everything, can God lie? As usual the Bible is contradictory. here. Can God sin? Can God limit his own power? Can God do what is logically impossible. But, basically, it seems that Christians extend or limit God’s imaginary power as suits them. Different Christians have different concepts of omnipotence.
- Christians, Jews and Muslims see God as Omnipotent. For a child or a believer with simple childlike faith this is easy. “God can do everything.” For philosophers Omnipotence is a much more difficult concept. If God can do everything can God lie? As usual the Bible is contradictory. here. Can God sin? Can God limit his own power? Can God do what is logically impossible. Basically it seems that Christians extend or limit God’s imaginary power as suits them. Different Christians have different concepts of omnipotence.
- There are different definitions for Omnipotence:
* The ability to do anything non-contradictory. This definition prevents logical contradictions.
* The ability to do anything, this definition leads to logical contradictions.
- Omnipotence (from Latin: Omni Potens: "all power") is the ability to be almighty in every sense and aspect. The user can achieve and do absolutely anything without any limit or condition, including the conceptually impossible and logically impossible, like "bigger than infinity" or "making a squared circle".
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| abstract | - Omnipotence (from Latin: Omni Potens: "all power") is the ability to be almighty in every sense and aspect. The user can achieve and do absolutely anything without any limit or condition, including the conceptually impossible and logically impossible, like "bigger than infinity" or "making a squared circle". Its one and only wielder (there can be only one in each fictional continuity, hence the "Above All") is fundamentally invincible, completely immune to all other powers, and able to defeat the combined might of all creation and its mightiest beings just by wanting it, without the slightest effort.
- Sometimes called "Unlimited Power," Omnipotents are characters that can literally do anything as they are considered the be-all and end-all of characters and most of the time, God. They are the absolute strongest beings in their respective fictional franchises. In fiction characters can only be presumed omnipotent, as much like in theology it is impossible to prove. In the best case there can be an impressive definition. Technically, according to the dictionary definition, omnipotence could simply mean "infinite in power" or "having very great or unlimited authority or power", meaning a term defining its standing in relation to a certain setting and its inhabitants. However, given the highly logically self-contradictory nature of the "can do anything whatsoever" definition of omnipotence (see the above image for an example), within this Wiki even characters with the highest "0" ranking are only described as having "Questionable Omnipotence". In addition, if an author simply mentions the word "omnipotence", this is obviously not enough to justify that some character remotely fulfills the requirements for Tier 0. Because the understanding of different authors can be very different, and the author should also make clear that the entity is totally qualitatively superior to everything else. Completely unlimited, not just playing on the same field as other powerful beings from that fictional verse. For more indepth information, please read:
- The power to have unlimited power.
- There are different definitions for Omnipotence:
* The ability to do anything non-contradictory. This definition prevents logical contradictions.
* The ability to do anything, this definition leads to logical contradictions. The problems occur by asking questions like "Could God make a stone so heavy he can no longer lift it?" If he can't do it, then he is not omnipotent because he should be able to create such a heavy stone, if he can do it, then he is not omnipotent, because he can't lift the stone. There are many variations of the problem, for example: Could God create something stronger than himself ? As no character in the Supernatural Universe is omnipotent by either of these two definitions, no such problem has arisen on Supernatural.
- The user is able to do anything that it chooses to do.
- Omnipotence is a disease, and quite possibly the worst imaginable fate a man could ever suffer.
- Christians, Jews and Moslems see God as Omnipotent. For a child, or a believer with simple, childlike faith, this is easy; “God can do everything.” But, for philosophers, Omnipotence is a much more difficult concept. If God can do everything, can God lie? As usual the Bible is contradictory. here. Can God sin? Can God limit his own power? Can God do what is logically impossible. It is possible to ask if God can make mistakes, but this misses (mistakes) the point. Making a mistake is a not a pro-active ability, but merely a logical possibility of fallible beings. No one aims to make mistakes, so the idea is that never making a mistake would apply only to God. But, if God never makes mistakes, then how could God have made a world in which mistakes are made? But, basically, it seems that Christians extend or limit God’s imaginary power as suits them. Different Christians have different concepts of omnipotence. The traditional Christian theological view is probably that "omnipotence" means that God can do everything that is not logically impossible. As said by Thomas Aquinas, this phrase, "God can do all things," is rightly understood to mean that God can do all things that are possible Under this view, God chooses not to lie or so on due to other reasons, not limitations on his power (e.g. he may not lie because he it is in his Nature, or so on). Alternatively the God of the Bible may lie as the Bible is contradictory about that [1] and many other matters. [2] Traditional Muslim theology, on the other hand, has largely rejected philosophical contemplation (Falsafa and Kalam), and to the extent it handles these issues tends to see God's omnipotence as transcending human logic. As to how this makes any sense, a good answer might be Bila Kayfah ("without regard to how"). Judaism traditionally tries to avoid committing to any theological conceptions, but Orthodox Judaism generally asserts that while God can do lots of things, He has chosen Hiddeness, largely so as to allow humans to make free-choices, i.e. to preserve their free-will. The precise limits of God's powers in-principle are far less agreed upon, but in a sense the Jewish answer to the ancient question "Can god make a stone that He cannot lift?" is answered by "Well, He created a stone He would not lift - Free Will, which He won't break; whether He can is a more speculative point". Perhaps the solution to the problem lies not in God's ability, but rather in his character. Can he make a rock so big that he cannot lift it? Perhaps. But that would be the extent of the rock's ability and God could easily fix this. So the real question is, Would he? More generally, and in all the three Abrahamic religions as well as in others, omnipotence is perceived in many ways by many sects and schools of thought, often differently by the same person at different times.
- Omnipotence is the power to do and achieve absolutely anything, regardless of what is impossible. It's only user is above all and everything (including logic, paradoxes and causality) as Omnipotence cant be comprehended by mortals or any other beings which means they can achieve anything.
- Christians, Jews and Muslims see God as Omnipotent. For a child or a believer with simple childlike faith this is easy. “God can do everything.” For philosophers Omnipotence is a much more difficult concept. If God can do everything can God lie? As usual the Bible is contradictory. here. Can God sin? Can God limit his own power? Can God do what is logically impossible. Basically it seems that Christians extend or limit God’s imaginary power as suits them. Different Christians have different concepts of omnipotence. The traditional Christian theological view is probably that "omnipotence" means that God can do everything that is logically possible. As said by Thomas Aquinas, this phrase, "God can do all things," is rightly understood to mean that God can do all things that are possible Under this view, God chooses not to lie or so on due to other reasons, not limitations on his power (e.g. he may not lie because he it is in his Nature, or so on). Alternatively the God of the Bible may lie as the Bible is contradictory about that [1] and many other matters. [2] Traditional Muslim theology, on the other hand, has largely rejected philosophical contemplation (Falsafa and Kalam), and to the extent it handles these issues tends to see God's omnipotence as transcending mere human logic. As to how this makes any sense, a good answer might be Bila Kayfah ("without regard to how"). Judaism traditionally tries to avoid commiting to any theological conceptions, but Orthodox Judaism generally asserts that while God can do lots of things, He has chosen Hiddeness, largely so as to allow humans to make free-choices, i.e. to preserve their free-will. The precise limits of God's powers in-principle are far less agreed upon, but in a sense the Jewish answer to the ancient question "Can god make a stone that He cannot lift?" is answered by "Well, He created a stone He would not lift - Free Will, which He won't break; whether He can is a more speculative point". Perhaps the solution to the problem lies not in God's ability, but rather in his character. Can he make a rock so big that he cannot lift it? Perhaps. But that would be the extent of the rock's ability and God could easily fix this. So the real question is, Would he? More generally, and in all the three Abrahamic religions as well as in others, omnipotence is perceived in many ways by many sects and schools of thought, often differenly by the same person at different times.
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