How Omnipotence Is Defined As All Powerful

Evil is a complicated thing that philosophers have studied for centuries; however, evil has existed since the beginning of time. So, what is evil, really? Let’s compare it to the

Before we begin our journey into the analysis of omnipotence, we need to frame this term within a particular definition, so that our discussion of the word will stay focused and clear. The word omnipotent itself means something having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force. Or in more modern and easy to understand terms: all-powerful. However, there is a caveat to such a simple definition. If we impose the meaning of the word omnipotence itself as the functional definition of one of God’s divine attributes, we encounter some problems. These problems were recognized early on in church history. The first problem that I will address is whether divine omnipotence means the ability to do anything, or whether it means the ability to a particular set of things. “But how art thou omnipotent, if thou art not capable of all things?” According to Anselm, we need to distinguish acts of doing into two categories. One category is the act of doing something that is powerful. The second category is the act of doing something that is impotent, or showing weakness. When a being performs an act that is impotent, it also gives the forces which are contrary to that being greater power over itself. An example that Anselm gives to demonstrate an impotent act is the ability to become corrupted. Being corruptible is worse than being incorruptible. When you are corruptible,

According to the Oxford Dictionary evil is the antithesis of all good; morally depraved, bad, wicked, vicious (Evil). This definition relies completely on another word: good.

The most influential definition of evil is nicely summarised by Swinburne proclaimed when discussing about evil, context is very important factors to consider when talking about the subject of evil he said evil include physical pain, for

Some people refer God as the Omnipotent, that is to say a being that has unlimited power, and is able to do everything. God has four different attributes, he is omniscient, simple, eternal and omnipotent. The latter raises some difficulties, and paradoxes. In a first part I will show how omnipotence can be defined differently, how radical omnipotence differs with limited omnipotence and the issue with logic. Then I will show how God’s omnipotence raises some paradoxes and contradictions, by relying on the paradox of the stone and the problem of evil. Finally I will try to answer some questions concerning God’s ability to sin, to bring about the past, and to do things not done by him. Does God’s powers have a limit, could it then be

The Meriam-Webster dictionary defines evil as, “…morally reprehensible: sinful, wicked…arising from actual or imputed bad character or conduct…” (Merriam-webster.com). It is a word steeped in historically religious and extremely negative connotations. This is evident as John Judis brings up in his article, “the

People use the word evil to describe a supernatural force that inhabits people that makes them do those things they do, but as David Frankfurt says that evil is not something real, it is a “discourse,” a “way of representing things and shaping our experience, not some force in itself.” Evil did not kill those people, a man did, a man with flaws, a man who did not decide to become evil but became it through living life. A man who thought these reasons were justified, who thought what he was doing had some good purpose to it. So what does make something evil?

Evil and suffering is something that all human beings deal with one way or the other. That is why many people turn to religion to cope with the problems of this crazy world, and have faith that they are suffering because their faith is being tested to ensure that they are true believers of the faith and religion that there in. To fully understand evil and suffering here is the definition of both. Evil is the cause of human suffering, there are two types of evil. One is moral evil, which is the acts of humans which are considered to be morally wrong. The second type of evil is, natural evil, which are natural disasters

Evil is a subject on which most tread lightly, saying what they think is true and not questioning what it is. Who decides what is evil? Perhaps no one thing is completely evil. Perhaps each person decides what is evil in his eyes. One person might believe that someone is evil, and another person might believe that the same someone is good. This would mean that evil is relative depending on where you live, who you are, or what you believe. For example, Kim Jong Il, the dictator of North Korea, is evil in the eyes of most Americans, but those who live under his rule praise him above nearly everything. But then, are some things truly evil? If those in North Korea would see the world from our eyes, would they not think the dictator evil? So maybe

Omnipotent is a reference to power. That is to say, one that is omnipotent is all powerful. For instance, Christians often refer to their God as the “Almighty.“ Indeed, Mathew 19:26 reads “With God, all things are possible.”(1)Demonstrations of this supposed power include; healing the sick, causing a virgin birth, destruction, great floods, raising the dead, and creating the earth itself. C.S. Lewis, perhaps one

The existence of evil cannot be based on whether there is an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-caring god. There are several reasons for why evil exists, but none of these reasons are because God does not exist. In fact, the main reason evil exists is due to humanity’s greed. This causes corruption and death amongst our own. While unfortunate, it is not the determinant of God’s existence. God prevents the evil he/she thinks is not acceptable for the future of humanity. The evil that he does not prevent from happening either is part of God’s plan or is caused by humanity itself.

Evil, in this sense, is a very broad term, and needs to be defined. In general terms, "evil" is that which works against the life-giving power of

In general evil was characterised as the opposite of good, in which good should prevail and evil should be defeated. This in turn coined the term of good vs evil. Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and many other religions all adopted the idea of good vs evil. The idea developed into many religions and it eventually formed into the belief of good vs evil. Prior to World War II there was very little philosophical literature on the concept of evil so the general agreement was that supernatural forces influenced good and evil.

Evil refers to physical pain, mental suffering and moral wickedness. This pain includes such major scourges as poverty, oppression, persecution, war, all injustice, indignity and inequality that occur in human societies. It is however, important to note that although a great deal of pain and suffering are caused by human action, there is much more that arises from natural causes as bacteria and earthquakes, storm, fire, lightening, flood and drought. Another type of evil that can be identified is mental evil.

Omnipotent quite literally means all powerful, Omni- all, potent-powerful. Most theists believe there to be one all-powerful, perfect being, so the idea of an omnipotent being is essential to most western religions. I will focus on Christianity, throughout my essay to allow me to focus on the question without getting sucked into discussing the different religious point of views. So the God we speak of is the traditional Christian one unless otherwise specified. There are plenty of quotes directly from the bible that promotes God as all-powerful, though omnipotent is a later word. “The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.” (Job 37:23) The discussion of how to define God is an essential one to theists as it can cause a lot of problems. If for example, we raise questions such as if God is all powerful why is there suffering in the world? Before we can move on to problems with this definition and other definitions we first need to look at them in some more depth. In