> I have never heard this argument before, can you elaborate on it. If I
> understand your premise, you are saying that an omni* being can not by
> definition exist. How is this so?
Let us see. There are certain things which we get so accustomed to that they are accepted just on faith and it becomes a part of our intuition. One of these things is our intuition about the size of any matter. Intuitively we think that there is no limit to how small or large any thing or entity can be. The basic intuition leads to unexpected and unreal consequences. On the contrary the quantum theory, uncertainty principle and a fixed speed of light are equally logical and consistent with the observations but very counter-intuitive. The reality as we know is not infinite but bounded. Take the example from Chemistry. Every matter consists of molecules which are finite in size and number. You cannot split a molecule any further without changing its nature. You can split a molecule but it will then be atoms and a molecule any more. Same thing goes about an atom. You can split it only so far before it loses its existence and becomes something else. Even the light cannot be split indefinitely and is composed of a finite sized quantum depending on its frequency. On the other end of the logic, we already know that nothing can travel faster than a constant number also called speed of light. If tie in two concepts, it leads to the conclusion that the there is finite, even if very large number of any existing entity. Like drops of water in ocean, they are finite. The total number of atoms or quanta or quanta of light in the universe is also a finite number even though I cannot give you the exact number. Therefore it is meaning less to talk about a amount of light less than one quantum because it simple cannot exist. Similarly anything infinite or omnipotent or whatever is equally meaningless and leads to absurd conclusions and therefore does not exist. Therefore talking about anything such as a god which is all powerful etc just means that it does not exist. If anything exists it has to be finite. QED
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