Is God Almighty??? part 2
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd sentences must always be true. Now we have to see if the 4th sentence is true?
If the 4th sentence is true then the 2nd sentence will be proved false i.e. the 1st sentence will also be proved false.
If the 4th sentence is true (which it will be if the 3rd sentence is true) then the basic argument for God's omnipotence “God can do anything” becomes false. Now it is naturally clear that God can never do two contradictory things, the 2nd and 4th sentences respectively. That is, God cannot do everything, so God is not omnipotent.
Again, theists will say that these discussions suffer from the Strawman Fallacy, so we should listen to the theists' arguments before jumping to conclusions.
At first, theists will say that the omnipotence paradox is a fallacy of atheists, and that the question at its core is the wrong question. For example, they will say that if a person accused of theft is asked, "Tell me why you stole." Now whatever that person says in answer to this question, he will be known as a thief. If the person is not guilty, his only reasonable response is to point out the error of the question to the questioner.
Theists will also say that when they say that God is omnipotent, they do not mean it literally, but that God is the infusion of the infinite power required to create and operate the universe.
They say that both God and Shakti are infinite. He cannot be confined within any boundary line. If he wishes to make such a heavy stone, he will simultaneously be strong enough to be lifted and weak enough to be unliftable. Theists say that God and God's power are beyond the limited understanding of ordinary people like us, because the process of arriving at a decision with the help of logic is the creation of God himself.
From the above discussion we understand that the omnipotence paradox is not entirely flawless. Again, the irrational arguments of theists cannot be accepted. In order to refute the theists' argument we must first come to the conclusion that God exists or not, but I do not want to trouble my readers by adding that point to the size of this discussion. Moreover, many articles, essays and books are already available on the Internet, among which Prabir Ghosh's book 'Why do I believe in God?' In this book the author logically refutes various doctrines of theists.
Coming back to the conclusion of our main discussion, I must say that the final decision depends entirely on your personal beliefs and doctrines because neither the doctrines and beliefs of theists nor the almighty paradox of atheists are 100% flawless. If you believe in God, then God is present to you and He is the Almighty, and if you do not believe in God, then there is no such thing as God, so there is no question of being Almighty. However, in my personal opinion, one should not be radical in favor of any belief or doctrine. We should be flexible like science. For example, science used to say that matter is the smallest part of matter until a few years ago, but later when it was proved wrong, science never hesitated to correct its mistake. So should we. If one's doctrine or belief is proven wrong, one should not hesitate to correct it, only then will a beautiful and healthy world be built.
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