Perhaps Omnipotence Means That God Can Do Everthing That Is Within His Own Nature, And Which Is Logically Possible

Question 1

In the Abraham story from Genesis, God asks “is anything too hard for God?” making him ?

Answer 1

Omnipotent.

Question 2

Aquinas argued that God’s completely omnipotent in the sense of being in charge of the whole world because “he can do everything that’s absolutely possible…everything that doesn’t imply a contradiction is among those possibilities in respect of which God’s called ?”.

Answer 2

Omnipotent.

Question 3

Aquinas’ saying that God can do anything logically possible, but if it isn’t logically possible then it can’t be done, even by God. God can’t do anything that’s inconsistent with his nature because that would imply a ?

Answer 3

Contradiction.

Question 4

God’s ? (has no body) and therefore can’t swim, die or become tired. God’s perfectly good and can’t deceive or do any other form of evil.

Answer 4

Incorporeal.

Question 5

Richard ? argues that God’s omnipotence means that God can do everything. God can do and create “? ?” but self-contradictory definitions don’t refer to “things”. This isn’t a challenge to God’s omnipotence because God remains capable of doing and creating everything.

Answer 5

Swinburne.

All things.